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Wrapper for the book Ume no harukasumi no hikisome, Part 1, vol. 2


「梅の春霞の引始初編下」 袋
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.6 × 13.9 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45794.14
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFront of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album.
Author: Kanagaki Robun
Signed Robun saku, Kunichika ga
ろぶん作、国ちか画
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.