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絵本和漢誉
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Ehon wakan no homare (The Glories of Japan and China)
絵本和漢誉
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Yamazaki Yoshishige (Japanese)
Publisher: Wan'ya Isaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Sentarô (Japanese)
Author of preface: Yamazaki Yoshishige (Japanese)
Publisher: Wan'ya Isaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Sentarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 16.1 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2019.927
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 504; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 268; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 263; Forrer (1982) 104
Signed
artist signature: Saki no Hokusai Gakyôrôjin Manji hitsu
前北斎画狂老人卍筆
前北斎画狂老人卍筆
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.