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道中画譜
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Dôchû gafu (A Picture Album of the Tokaido Road)
道中画譜
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Author of preface: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Matsuya Zenbei (Japanese)
Author of preface: Takai Ranzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Matsuya Zenbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 16.3 cm (9 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.571
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed
No artist signature.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.