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百猫画譜
Nine pages from the book Hyakubyô gafu (Pictures of One Hundred Cats)
百猫画譜
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
1878 (Meiji 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 44.8 x 30.3 cm (17 2/3 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The book is digitized in full on the National Diet Library website.
DescriptionFrom a book with text by Kanagaki Robun (1829-94) 仮名垣魯文
Signed
Hiroshige (on 2 sheets)
広重
広重
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.