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Wachô kohitsu ehon
(古筆絵本)画図拾遺前編
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(Kohitsu ehon) Gazu shûi zenpen (Supplementary Collection of Paintings, Complete)
Wachô kohitsu ehon
(古筆絵本)画図拾遺前編
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1761 (Hôreki kanoto mi)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 18.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.1539.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed
artist (front endpaper of volume 1): Setsuyôshû Takagi shi
上編の見返し: 摂陽住高木氏
上編の見返し: 摂陽住高木氏
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; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession date: September 9, 2011)