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Wrapper for the book Jiraiya gôketsu monogatari, Ch. 28


「児雷也豪傑譚 廿八編」 袋
Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
For: Utagawa Kunimitsu II (Japanese, active 1850s)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.4 × 15.1 cm (6 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45794.40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 613 (with dates of volumes)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13776.35, 11.45794.40

Front of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album.
Author of Parts 12 to 36 (of 43): Ryûkatei Tanekazu (1807-58) 柳下亭種員
Signed Ryûkatei Tanekazu saku, Ichiyûsai Kunimitsu ga; Gengyo
柳下亭種員作、一雄斎国光画 玄魚
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.