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北斎模様画譜
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Hokusai moyô gafu (An Album of Patterns by Hokusai)
北斎模様画譜
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Meiji era
1884
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper; black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 16 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
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.
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.