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Hashira: Kamado Shogun
かまどしょうぐん
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Kamado shogun kanryaku no maki (The Strategies of a Domestic Tyrant)
Hashira: Kamado Shogun
かまどしょうぐん
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of text: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Author of text: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1800 (Kansei 12), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
(kohon)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 86
Signed
Tokitaro Sorobeku gasaku
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.