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Bundle Tied with Straw; Calendar for 1815


包み (絵暦)
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 20.2 x 13.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20149
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLong months (on the bundle, in this order): 2, 10, 4, 1, 8, 12
Signed Kitao Kôsuisai ga
北尾紅翠斎画
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.