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Hashira: Yamato honzô
化物和本草
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Bakemono Yamato honzô (Supernatural History of Japan)
Hashira: Yamato honzô
化物和本草
Japanese
Edo period
1798
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
17.9 × 12.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.); kohon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.657
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 74
Signed
Gakô Kakô (Sorobeku)
Marks
Red seal on inside front cover: Saitô bunko
ProvenancePrior to 1903, Saito Bunko and Mori; probably by 1903, part of the library of the department of the Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts [see note]; 1997, catalogued by the MFA; 1998, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.