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Toys: Bird Whistle, Rattle, Boy Doll with Hobbyhorse


鳩笛、でんでん太鼓、御所人形
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 13.6 x 26.3 cm (5 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20411
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Katsushika Hokusai ga
かつしか北斎画
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.