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Wrapper for the book Ichiyû gafu, zen (Complete)


「一勇画譜 全」 袋
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1846 (Kôka 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 21.6 x 16.1 cm (8 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45756
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued.
Co-published with an Osaka publisher, Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô), not found in Marks.
Signed Ichiyûsai sensei ga
一勇斎先生画
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.