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Wrapper for the book Banshoku zukô, shohen (Designs for Artisans, Vol. 1)


「万職図考 初偏」 袋
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 21.9 x 16.3 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45745
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued.
Signed Katsushika Taito sensei ga
葛飾戴斗先生画
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.