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The Island of the Immortals on a Turtle Shell (Hôrai kame no kô)


「蓬莱亀之甲」
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1760s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (mizu-e); color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.4 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19225
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
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.