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Imayō kushi kiseru hinagata 今様櫛鏨雛形

Object Details

Provenance
To ?
Hayashi Tadamasa
To ?
Henri Vever
To 2007
Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer, Germany, to 2007
From 2007
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer in 2007
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Exhibition History
Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books (April 6 to August 11, 2013)
Previous custodian or owner
Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pulverer
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Publisher
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo) 西村屋与八
Block carver
Tomekichi Egawa 江川留吉
Date
1823 (Bunsei 6)
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Purchase, The Gerhard Pulverer Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial fund in appreciation of Jeffrey P. Cunard and his exemplary service to the Museum as chair of the Board of Trustees (2003-2007)
Medium
Woodblock printed; ink on paper; paper covers
Dimensions
H x W x D (Vols. 1, 2 each): 13.2 x 18.3 x 1 cm (5 3/16 x 7 3/16 x 3/8 in)
H x W x D (Vol. 3): 12.8 x 18.2 x 1 cm (5 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 3/8 in)
Type
Book
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