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Wrapper for the book (Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks)


「伝神開手 北斎漫画」 袋
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22.6 x 16.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45729
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued. No volume number, no date.
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.