Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2011–June 2012
Hinamatsuri ehon (Picture Book of the Doll Festival)
1936 (Shôwa 11)
Artist Takei Takeo
Length x width: 12.7 x 8.9 cm (5 x 3 1/2 in.)
Relief print with hand color
Classification: Illustrated books
Culture: Japanese
Period: Shôwa era
Accession number: 2011.1694
Description: 1 volume
Provenance/Ownership History: February 25, 2011, acquired at auction in Japan by Loco Shobo (book dealer), Tokyo; 2011, sold by Loco Shobo to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Marshall H. Gould Fund