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Kachô sansui gashiki (A Method for Drawing Landscape and Nature)
Katsushika Isai (Japanese, 1821–1880)
Author of preface: Sanzantei Dojin (Japanese)
Calligrapher: Kishi Chikudô (Shoroku) (Japanese, 1826–1897)
Author of preface: Sanzantei Dojin (Japanese)
Calligrapher: Kishi Chikudô (Shoroku) (Japanese, 1826–1897)
Japanese
Late Edo period–Meiji era
19th century
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3 x 18.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.); yokobon
Credit Line
Gift of Rei Sasaguchi
Accession Number1997.959
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed
Artist signature: Katsushika Isai ga.
Inscriptions
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.
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.