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「微塵銅版 書画細見 全」 （上右から） 「片仮名イロハ」「真名以呂半」「大日本輿地図」「歌加留多」「宝尽」 「十二月画抄」「東海道五十三駅」「近江八景」「蘭亭記」（＝蘭亭序）「三人上戸」
Pictures and Calligraphy in Miniature Copperplate Prints, Complete (Mijin dôban shoga saiken zen): counterclockwise from top right, the Iroha Poem in Katakana (Katakana iroha); the Iroha Poem in Kanji (Mana iroha); Complete Map of Japan (Dai Nihon yochi zu); Poem Cards (Uta karuta); Collection of Treasures (Takara zukushi); Pictures of the Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki gashô); the 53 Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki); Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei); the Orchid Pavilion Preface (Rantei ki [=Rantei jo]); Three Kinds of Drunks (Sannin jôgo)
「微塵銅版 書画細見 全」 （上右から） 「片仮名イロハ」「真名以呂半」「大日本輿地図」「歌加留多」「宝尽」 「十二月画抄」「東海道五十三駅」「近江八景」「蘭亭記」（＝蘭亭序）「三人上戸」
Ryûzan (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions
4.8 × 8.7 cm (1 7/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45842.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom an album containing 37 prints, plus 5 loose prints probably removed from the album: 11.45842.1-.42.
Signed
Ryûzan Dôsen
龍山銅鐫
龍山銅鐫
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.
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.