Tales of Ise

Provenance

Mrs. Louise Norton Brown, Japan, c. 1913 to at least 1915 [according to, “Preface” and “Chapter XII”, in Louise Norton Brown, Block Printing and Book-Illustration in Japan From the Earliest Period to the Twentieth Century; this and the following according to Frederick Gookin, "Preface," in Kenji Toda, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1931), iv, and Accession Book: 1-62, 112, 1884?-1955, Ryerson Art Library, Art Institute of Chicago]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (died 1932), Lake Geneva, WI, 1926; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-1932.

Tales of Ise

Unknown artist

1645

Accession Number

228297

Medium

Woodblock-printed book

Dimensions

28 × 18.5 cm (11 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Classification

book

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Martin A. Ryerson Collection