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Meisho hokkushû (Collection of Hokku on Famous Places)


名所発句集
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Author of preface: Banshodo Shizan Icho (Japanese)
Publisher: Eirakuya Jôsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 18.2 x 12.2 cm (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.) (kohon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.378
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 303
Marks Eisen
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)