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Reprints of key block prints for 12 square surimono

Reprints of key block prints for 12 square surimono

(Japanese, active about 1830–60)
designed in the 1830s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions21.7 × 197 cm (8 9/16 × 77 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25820
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.