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[Kachû shôii] Bokuchiku shinan (How to Draw Bamboo)


[夏仲昭遺意] 墨竹指南
Gyokurin (1751–1814)
Author of preface: Gyokurin (1751–1814)
Publisher: Hishiya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 25.7 x 18.4 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.) (ôhon)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.472
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

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: July 31, 1998)

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.