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Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Women Classified According to Their Rank)


百人女郎品定
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Author: Hachimonji Jikoku (Japanese)
Publisher: Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1723 (Kyôhô 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper; hand-colored
Dimensions 26.5 x 19.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2000.1263
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 129
Signed Yamato eshi Nishikawa Sukenobu
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: June 18, 2001)