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Conservation Status: After Treatment
Duck, Abalone Shell, and Parsley
Conservation Status: After Treatment

Duck, Abalone Shell, and Parsley

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
about 1805–10 (Bunka 2--7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsKokonotsugiri; 13.9 x 19.3 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.16798
On View
On view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem, by Yukinoya Torikane: Mizutori no/ hikkomu koro wa/ yukige shite/ kishi no ashi o mo/ arau shiranamiProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.