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正風古流法橋楽門瓶花譜
Shôfû koryû hokkyô Rakumon heikafu (Album of Flower Arrangements in the Style of Rakumon)
正風古流法橋楽門瓶花譜
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Kansai Tomomichi (Japanese)
Author: Utsumi Gyokuen (Japanese, born in 1859)
Publisher: Jurakubo (Japanese)
Kansai Tomomichi (Japanese)
Author: Utsumi Gyokuen (Japanese, born in 1859)
Publisher: Jurakubo (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
last postface: 1798 (Kansei 10); first preface: 1767 (Meiwa 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.7 x 16 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #129
Signed
Artist signatures include: Kansai sha (p. 9a); Kanchi ga (p. 12a); Hokusai Kanchi ga (p. 29a); Kan Sôri ga (p. 32a); Osekijô Tomomichi sha (p. 41a); Hokusai Sôri ga (p. 43b); Hokusai ga (p. 52b)
完斎写 (丁9a); 完知画 (丁12a); 北斎完知画 (丁29a); 完 宗理画 (丁32a); 於席上知道写 (丁41a) 北斎宗理画 (丁43b); 北斎画 (丁52b) 等あり
完斎写 (丁9a); 完知画 (丁12a); 北斎完知画 (丁29a); 完 宗理画 (丁32a); 於席上知道写 (丁41a) 北斎宗理画 (丁43b); 北斎画 (丁52b) 等あり
Marks
Artist seals include: Kanchi (p. 12a); Hokusai, Sôri (p. 20a)
印: 完知 (丁12a);北斎, 宗理 (丁30a) 等あり
印: 完知 (丁12a);北斎, 宗理 (丁30a) 等あり
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.