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Wrapper for the book Kanayomi Hakkenden, Ch. 20


「かなよみ八犬伝 二十編」 袋
Ôsai (Japanese, dates unknown)
For: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Chôjiya Heibei (Bunkeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Ansei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 16.5 × 10.2 cm (6 1/2 × 4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45859.18
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_04271/he13_04271_0057/he13_04271_0058_p0014.jpg ; the book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 2 (1989), p. 201 (with dates of volumes)
DescriptionFront of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45859.1-.41
Author of Parts 17-27: Hôshôan Kindô (or Kyokutei Kindô; the pen name of Bakin's daughter-in-law Omichi)
鳳簫庵琴童(曲亭琴童)
Signed Ôsai Hokutei (or Hokuryô?); Kyokutei Kindô saku, Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
応斎北?(北亭ヵ、北亮ヵ) 曲亭琴童作、一勇斎国芳画
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.