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Bokutei Shûba (Japanese, active early 19th century)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.1 x 18.8 cm (7 15/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20147
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Surimono (2013), #267; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #114
DescriptionReferences in poems to the Year of the Horse (1822).
Signed
Bokutei Shûba hitsu (or Bokutei Hyakuba hitsu?)
牧亭集馬筆 （牧亭百馬筆ヵ）
牧亭集馬筆 （牧亭百馬筆ヵ）
InscriptionsPoems by Eijutei Shigeyoshi (?), Muchûan Yobune, Ganyûtei Yoroyoshi, Senkakutei Momohito, and Shinratei Manzô
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.
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.