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[絵本隅田川] 両岸一覧
Ehon Sumidagawa Ryôgan ichiran (Pictures of Both Banks of the Sumida River)
[絵本隅田川] 両岸一覧
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Kojûrô Nariyasu (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Kojûrô Nariyasu (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
(chûbon)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.695.1-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 124, pp. 60-3
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.