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Ehon Senjimon (The Illustrated Thousand Word Classic)
画本千字文
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Murakami Shôdô (Japanese, 1776–1841)
Author of preface: Masu Minsai (Japanese)
Publisher: Tennôjiya Ichirôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Okada Mohei (Japanese)
Murakami Shôdô (Japanese, 1776–1841)
Author of preface: Masu Minsai (Japanese)
Publisher: Tennôjiya Ichirôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Okada Mohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
colophon: 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book: ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2019.917
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 495; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 243; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 264
Signed
artist signatures: Shôdô (frontispiece); Katsushika saki no Hokusai Iitsu ga
松堂
葛飾前北斎為一画
松堂
葛飾前北斎為一画
Inscriptionsseal: Shikô
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: October 7, 2019)
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.