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Brush (Fude): Ono no Tôfû, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk for the Ichiyô Circle (Ichiyôren bunbô shiyû)

Brush (Fude): Ono no Tôfû, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk for the Ichiyô Circle (Ichiyôren bunbô shiyû)

(Japanese, 1786?–1868)
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25843
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Yukitei Hanamichi: Aoyagi no/ ito oba kaze ni/ nabikasete/ kawazu no tsura e/ ukeru mizukuki Poem by Bunsensha: Haru no hi no/ fude no hakobi mo/ yuttari to/ nobite migoto ni/ Kyô no kakizome
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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