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Page 1; Conservation Status: After Treatment
Ehon Asakayama (Picture Book of Mount Asaka)
Page 1; Conservation Status: After Treatment

Ehon Asakayama (Picture Book of Mount Asaka)

Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Kikuya Kihei (Japanese)
1739 (Genbun 4)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions26.0 x 18.4 cm (ôhon)
Double-page illustrations: 26.0 x 34.5 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession number2000.1251
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: April 24, 2001)