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「一筆画譜」 袋
Wrapper for the book (Denshin kaishu) Ippitsu gafu (An Album of One Stroke Drawings)
「一筆画譜」 袋
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1823 (Bunsei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45762
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sumida Hokusai Mus., Hokusai the Performer (2017), #66
DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued. The book: 1997.887
Comment by Roger Keyes on 1997.887: "The preface and wrapper acknowledge Hokusai's debt to the Nagoya painter Niwa Kagen, or Fukuzensai (1742-1786). Hokusai may have designed this book in the 1810s, even though it was not published until 1823."
Comment by Roger Keyes on 1997.887: "The preface and wrapper acknowledge Hokusai's debt to the Nagoya painter Niwa Kagen, or Fukuzensai (1742-1786). Hokusai may have designed this book in the 1810s, even though it was not published until 1823."
Signed
Owari Fukuzensai sensei hottan, Musashi Hokusai Taito sensei shii (Begun by Master Fukuzensai of Owari Province and Continued by Master Hokusai Taito of Musashi Province)
尾張福善斎先生発端 武蔵北斎戴斗先生嗣意
尾張福善斎先生発端 武蔵北斎戴斗先生嗣意
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.
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.