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In 1864, the Year of the Wood Rat, at the Hour of the Rat on the Day of the Rat, the 15th Day of the 11th Month, People Born in Fire Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle, and for Seven Years through the Year of the Horse, Everything Will Be Fortunate (Genji gan, kinoe ne no toshi, jûichigatsu jûgonichi ne no hi ne no koku kasei no hito uke ni iri, uma no toshi made shichikanen no aida mankichi): Lucky Things That Start with the Syllable Fu

(Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 24.5 × 35.7 cm (9 5/8 × 14 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.16273
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 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.
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