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Suikoden gaden (Illustrated Biographies of Heroes of the Suikoden)


水滸伝画伝
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Author of preface: Ryûsuitei Tanekiyo (Japanese, 1823–1907)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Preface: 1856

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.566.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Aoigaoka Hokkei ga
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: July 31, 1998)