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Wrapper for the book Usu omokage maboroshi nikki, Part 15


「うすおもかけまほろし日記 十五集」 袋
Japanese
Edo period
1858–68 (Ansei 5–Keiô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.5 × 14.3 cm (6 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45793.28
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 368
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.45793.28, 11.45795.8
Front of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45793.1-30.
According to Kokusho sômokuroku, published in 21 parts of 4 volumes each.
Author: Tamenaga Shunsui II (=Somezaki Nobufusa, 1818-86) 為永春水(二代目)、染崎延房
Signed Shunsui saku, Kunisada ga
春水作、くにさた画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.