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Sanjikyô esho (The Illustrated Three Character Classic)

Katsushika Isai (Japanese, 1821–1880)
Author: Shoryosai Shunsui
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Japanese
Edo period
Colophon: 1853

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 12.3 cm (7 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.745
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Gakô Katsushika Isai
Inscriptions3 other publishers indicated.
Artist signature: Gako Katsushika Isai.
ProvenanceProbably 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.