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Book covers for Ukiyo Ikkyû kuruwa mondô (Ikkyû of the Floating World, a Catechism of the Pleasure Quarter), Ichimei Fûryû botan tôrô (Also Called The Fashionable Peony Lantern), Vols. 1 and 2


「浮世一休郭問答 前帙」 「後帙 一名 風流牡丹灯篭」 表紙
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.7 × 24.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45859.2a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album of book covers and other small prints, 11.45859.1-.41
Author: Ryûtei Tanehiko (1783-1842) 柳亭種彦
Signed Ryûtei Tanehiko cho, Utagawa Toyokuni ga
柳亭種彦著、歌川豊国画
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.