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漢畫指南二編
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Kanga shinan nihen (A Guide to Chinese Painting, Part Two, Volume 1)
漢畫指南二編
Japanese
Edo period
About 1810
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
25.7 x 17.1 cm (10 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.); ôhon
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 385
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.
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.