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蘭齋画譜
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Ransai gafu
蘭齋画譜
Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740 –1801)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 18.5 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2009.3719.1-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Ehon (2006), #22; Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), p. 272
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 21, 2009)
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.