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新吉原竹村伊勢の箱と風呂敷 （絵暦）
Opened Wrapper and Gift Box of Sweets from the Store of Takemura Ise in the Yoshiwara; Calendar for 1799
新吉原竹村伊勢の箱と風呂敷 （絵暦）
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
13.3 x 15.6 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25200
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNumbers for the long and short months are concealed in the label on the lid of the box
Large (long): 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12
Small (short): 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11
Large (long): 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12
Small (short): 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11
Signed
Sôri aratame Hokusai ga
宗理改北斎画
宗理改北斎画
InscriptionsPoems
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.