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Wrapper for the book Hokusai manga jûichihen (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 11)


「北斎漫画十一編」 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 22.7 x 17.1 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45730
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued. No date.
Signed Katsushika Iitsu ô hitsu
葛飾為一翁筆
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.