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Mother and Child Flying a Kite through the Window


窓で凧を上げる親子
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.8 x 18.2 cm (5 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2663
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hokkei ga
北渓画
InscriptionsPoems
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: December 10, 1953)