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Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)


百千鳥狂歌合
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 25.3 x 19.1 cm (ôhon)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2008.344.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475
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 15, 2008)