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Itchô gafu (An Album of Pictures by Itchô)

(Japanese, 1652–1724)
(Japanese, 1732–1803)
(Japanese, born in 1840)
(Japanese, 1732–1803)
Preface and colophon: 1770
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book
DimensionsOverall: 27 x 18.7 cm (10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession number1997.778.1-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
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)
Hanabusa Itchô
dates unknown
Hanabusa Itchô
1854 (Kaei 7/ Ansei 1)
Hanabusa Itchô
Colophon: 1778 (An'ei 7); Preface: 1769 (Meiwa 6)
Hanabusa Itchô
Preface and colophon: 1770
Hanabusa Itchô
1778 (An'ei 7)
Hanabusa Ippô
Preface and Postface: 1751
Hanabusa Ippô
Preface and Postface: 1751
Hanabusa Ippô
Preface and postface: 1752; colophon: 1754
Kozuka with design of a courtesan in a boat (Asazuma-bune)
Hanabusa Itchô
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Kozuka with design of standing figure
Hanabusa Itchô
mid to late 19th century
Swallows Among Willows
Hanabusa Itchô
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries