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Wrapper for the book Jiguchi andon kô (Lanterns with Puns, Part 2)


「地口行燈 後」 袋
Matsukawa Hanzan (Japanese, 1818–1882)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 21.7 x 16.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45740
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued.
Signed Matsukawa Hanzan ga
松川半山画
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.