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Nijûshi kô zue (The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in Pictures)


二十四孝図会
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Author: Nanritei Kiraku (Japanese, active in 1804–1835)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.4 x 15.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2009.3970
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 281
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: August 25, 2009)