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Tatsunomiyako shikoku uwasa (The Palace of the Dragon King and Rumors of Four Nations)


Shikoku uwasa
龍都四国噂
Koikawa Harumachi (Japanese, 1744–1789)
Author: Hôseidô Kisanji
Japanese
Edo period
1770s

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 17.2 x 21.7 cm; chûbon
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.307
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 5 (1990), p. 555
Marks Red collector's stamp in hiragana: "Bigerô" (Bigelow)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)

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.