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狂月坊
Text only for Kyôgetsubô (The Moon-mad Monk)
狂月坊
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
25.6 x 19.0 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2006.1810
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #468; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 452
Signed
Kitagawa Utamaro sei
喜多川歌麿製
喜多川歌麿製
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 16, 2006)
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.