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Box and Tray of Paper, with Gift Decorations


蓋の箱と紙の入った乱箱と熨斗
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.8 x 18.9 cm (5 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16766
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
InscriptionsPoems by Sanjô ... and Tsukinoya ...
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.