Print and Book Store (Ezôshi ten): The Store of Tsutaya Jûzaburô, from the book Ehon Azuma Asobi (Illustrated Pleasures of the East)

絵本東遊　「絵草紙店」　（蔦屋重三郎の店）

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions One page; 20 x 15.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession NumberRES.53.252

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hillier, The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration (1980), pl. 28

Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款

Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)