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Kyôsai suiga nihen (Drunken Pictures by Kyôsai, Part Two)


暁斎酸画二編
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Matsuzaki Hanzô (Kyûkodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1883

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions 18.6 x 12.5 cm; kohon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.583
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 309
Signed Artist signature: Shojo Kyosai ga
Marks Artist seal: Hippo no Nihon
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: July 31, 1998)