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Wrapper for the book Ehon Toyotomi Ryûkyû gunki, Part 1, complete in 10 volumes (zenpen, zen jûsatsu)

Okada Gyokuzan (Japanese, 1737–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 23.9 × 18.8 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45857.5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 498
DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued.

Author: Miyata Nanboku (1793-1854) 宮田南北

Album: 11.45857.1-28
Signed Miyata Nanboku sensei cho, Hokkyô Okada Gyokuzan ga
宮田南北先生著、法橋岡田玉山画
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.