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(伝神開手) 北斎漫画 四編
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(Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga yonhen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 4)
(伝神開手) 北斎漫画 四編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôzan
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Author of preface: Hôzan
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.843.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
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.