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Hokusai zufu: Square accordion-fold album of scenes in circular medallions


「北斎図譜 両面七十二葉」
Artist unknown, Japanese
School of: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Meiji era?

Medium/Technique Ink on paper
Dimensions Height x width: 24.4 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.46046
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawingsAlbums

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2022)

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.