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Wrapper for the book Kinrei saga monogatari (Kinrei zen'aku monogatari), Part 5


「金鈴善悪譚 五編」 袋
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 17.3 × 13.8 cm (6 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45795.13
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 2 (1989), p. 624
DescriptionFront of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45795.1-25.
Author: Kanagaki Robun (1829-94) 仮名垣魯文
Signed Yoshitora ga, Kanagaki saku
芳虎画、仮名垣作
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.