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Banshoku zukô (Designs for All Artisans)

Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)

Nanritei Kiraku (Japanese, active in 1804–1835)

Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)

Echigoya Jihei (Japanese)

Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)

Gunkyokudô (Japanese)

preface to volume 1: 1827 (Bunsei 10); preface to volume 3: 1835 (Tenpô 6); preface to volume 4: 1850 (Kaei 3)

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper

DimensionsOverall: 22.2 x 15.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession number2000.1247.1-3

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ClassificationsIllustrated books

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ProvenanceSeals of Fujiwara, Ota, and Zogeya (book lenders?). Between 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: March 14, 2001)