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Hokkei ga kyôkabon (Book of Kyôka Illustrated by Hokkei)
北渓画狂歌本
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Hokkei ga kyôkabon (Book of Kyôka Illustrated by Hokkei)
北渓画狂歌本
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820s–1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
20.2 x 29.1 cm (ôhon)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.556
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed
Hokkei
ProvenanceProbably by 1903, part of the library of the department of the Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts [see note]; 1997, catalogued by the MFA; 1998, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.