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Small Boy Creeping, One Foot Caught in a Green Mask

Hojitsu (Japanese, about 1790–1873)
Japanese, Edo
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late19th century
Object Place: Edo, Japan

Medium/Technique Stained boxwood, mask green stained ivory, and ivory signature plaque
Dimensions L. .047
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23228
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNetsuke

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.