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懸想文売り
Vendor of New Year Charms in the Form of Love Letters (Kesôbumi-uri)
懸想文売り
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper, with hand-applied ink and red color, probably added later
Dimensions
15.2 x 20.4 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Dokuryû ... , yowai nanajûnana, Gakyôrôjin Manji
InscriptionsPoem: Kôbai ya/ onna no ... / kotanzaku
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.