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Banshoku zukô (Designs for All Artisans)

(Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
(Japanese, active in 1804–1835)
(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
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)
Katsushika Taito II
1837–41 (Tenpô 8–Tenpô 12)
Katsushika Taito II
19th century
Volume II, Page 24
Katsushika Taito II
prefaces to volumes 1 and 2: 1835 (kinoto hitsuji)