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絵本詞乃花
Ehon kotoba no hana
絵本詞乃花
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Author of preface: Ishikawa Masamochi (Rokujuen Meshimori) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Ishikawa Masamochi (Rokujuen Meshimori) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1787 (Tenmei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 15.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.805.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 220
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 23, 2011)