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Minchô shiken


明朝紫硯
Ôoka Shunboku (Japanese, 1680–1763)
Publisher: Zôgeya Jirôbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsurugaya Hikoshichi (Japanese)
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Publisher: Hishiya Magobei (Japanese)
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Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
late 19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 17.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.); ôhon
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2009.3897.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 25, 2009)

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.