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Jinbutsu giga
人物戯画巻
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Comic paintings of figures
Jinbutsu giga
人物戯画巻
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
early Tenpô era (1830–44)
Medium/Technique
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.3 x 800 cm (9 9/16 x 314 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 398
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.