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Gyakuhitsu Bunbuku chagama zu
逆筆分福茶釜図
The Tea-Kettle Raccoon: Painting Executed Upside Down
Gyakuhitsu Bunbuku chagama zu
逆筆分福茶釜図
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Ka'ei 1)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.6 x 30.9 cm (10 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7419
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 397
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.