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Katakiuchi misaogusa kiku no magaki (The Chaste Flower by the Chrysanthemum Hedge: A Tale of Revenge)


敵討操草菊之籬
Jippensha Ikku (Japanese, 1765–1831)
Author of preface and text: Jippensha Ikku (Japanese, 1765–1831)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Title slip: 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.3 x 12.4 cm (6 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1997.722.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Jippensha gasaku jiga
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.