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Kaisen gafu (Pictures by Kaisen)

(Japanese, 1785–1862)
Preface: 1843
DimensionsOverall: 26.5 x 16.6 cm (10 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.); based on Chinese book size
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number1997.752.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)

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.
Oda Kaisen
Postface: 1860. Wrapper: 1879
Oda Kaisen
Preface: 1856; Postface: 1861
Lin Heqing (Rin'nasei)
Oda Kaisen
1835 (Tenpô 6)
Oda Kaisen
19th century
Peony and Sparrow
Oda Kaisen
early 19th century
Monkeys on a Pine Tree
Oda Kaisen
early 19th century
Tsuba with design of two leaves
Oda School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of dragon and clouds
Oda Naomasu
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba in the form of a gourd and tendrils
Satsuma School, Oda Sub-school
Late 18th–early 19th century