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Wrapper for the book Nijûshi kô zue (The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in Pictures)


「二十四孝図会」 袋
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Publisher: Kawachiya Tasuke (Bunkindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22 x 16.2 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45726
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The book: Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 281
DescriptionIntact wrapper, folded and glued.
Signed Katsushika Taito sensei hitsu
葛飾戴斗先生筆
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.