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Wrapper for the book Shiranui monogatari, Ch. 4


「しらぬひものかたり 第四編」 袋
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
For: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.5 × 12 cm (6 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45792.31
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 617 (with dates of volumes 1-57)
DescriptionFront of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45792.1-33.
Author: Ryûkatei Tanekazu (1807-58) 柳下亭種員
Signed Ichiryûsai hitsu; Ryûkatei Tanekazu saku, Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一立斎筆 柳下亭種員、一陽斎豊国画
Marks Publisher's seal: Shôrin bunko
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.