Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2011–June 2012


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Sôsaku monyô-shû
A Collection of Creative Designs

1933
Compiled by Yoshimura Kô'ichirô
Artist Shimada Kai
Artist Wada Eisaku
Artist Wada Sanzô
Artist Watanabe Kôji
Overall (blue portfolio): 47.5 x 35 x 3 cm (18 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.) Image (front cover): 39.5 x 30.8 cm (15 9/16 x 12 1/8 in.) Image (back cover): 40 x 31 cm (15 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Navy blue cloth portfolio with a laid down color woodblock-printed cover and back page

Classification: Prints

Culture: Japanese

Period: Shôwa

Accession number: 2012.76.1-56

Description: Portfolio holding title page, three prefatory text pages, fifty color woodblock prints, and one printed end page.

Provenance/Ownership History: 2012, sold by a Tokyo-area dealer to Boston Book Company; 2012, sold by Boston Book Company to the MFA. (Accesson Date: March 28, 2012)

John Ware Willard Fund