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Image Not Available for Kyôka Fusô meisho zue (Illustrated Verse for Famous Places in Japan)
Kyôka Fusô meisho zue (Illustrated Verse for Famous Places in Japan)
Image Not Available for Kyôka Fusô meisho zue (Illustrated Verse for Famous Places in Japan)

Kyôka Fusô meisho zue (Illustrated Verse for Famous Places in Japan)

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Seiyokan Umeyo
Jakurokutei
Preface: 1824; colophon: 11/1824
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.6 x 16 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit LineSource unidentified
Accession number1997.553
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
InscriptionsBlockcutter: Gyokkosha Chosei Calligrapher: Hokueishi Shagyo Artist signature: Gazu Aoigaoka HokkeiProvenanceProbably 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.