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Zatsugakan
雑画巻
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Zatsugakan
雑画巻
Manjirô Hokuga (Japanese, died in 1856)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Ka'ei 7/ Ansei 1)
Medium/Technique
One of a set of three handscrolls; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 58.4 x 643.9 cm (23 x 253 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 452(3); MFA, Bosuton bijutsukan nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, v. 3 (2000), pl. 93 and figs. 6-8
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.