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(Katsushika Iitsu iboku) Hokusai manga shohen-jûgohen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vols. 1-15)


(葛飾為一遺墨) 北斎漫画 (初編ー十五編)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hanshû Sanjin (Japanese)
Publisher: Katano Tôshirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
colophon: 1878 (Meiji 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; limited color
Dimensions 22.5 x 15.7 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.833.1-15
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed colophon: artist: henshûsha Katsushika Hokusai
奥付:編輯者 葛飾北斎
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)