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Preliminary sketches for illustrations in the book Nichiren shônin ichidai zue (An Illustrated Life of Nichiren)


日蓮上人一代図絵 下絵
Katsushika Isai (Japanese, 1821–1880)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5)

Medium/Technique Ink on paper
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .901 x .254 (.216 x .146 each).
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9143
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné The book: https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_00594/ ; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 6 (1990), p. 355
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.