Skip to main content

Shokoku emashû (Prayer Tablets of the Assembled States)

(Japanese, 1894–1983)
1937 (Shôwa 12)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
DimensionsOverall (book): 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineMarshall H. Gould Fund
Accession number2011.354
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceAround 1938 or later, Takahashi Chuya (b. 1912 - d. 2001), Morioka, Japan. 2010, acquired at auction in Japan by Loco Shobo (book dealer), Tokyo; 2011, sold by Loco Shobo to the Boston Book Company, Boston; 2011, sold by Boston Book Company to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)
Page 11
Takei Takeo
December 25, 1945 (Shôwa 20)
Kokeshi
Takei Takeo
1946 (Shôwa 21), October 10
Koma ga kita (The Spinning Top Is Here)
Takei Takeo
1962 (Shôwa 37), June 25
Page 12
Takei Takeo
November 3, 1972
Page 51
Takei Takeo
1964 (Shôwa 39)
Page 6
Takei Takeo
January 15, 1972
Page 5
Takei Takeo
November 3, 1982
Page 9
Takei Takeo
October 9, 1958
Page 5
Takei Takeo
April 1, 1975 (Shôwa 50)
Page 11
Takei Takeo
June 25, 1949
Yonjûyonbankan
Takei Takeo
December 25, 1960
Page 2
Takei Takeo
1952 (Shôwa 27), June