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Ancient Helmet from the Awashima Shrine at Kata in Kii Province (Kishû Kata Awashima shishô kobô)

(Japanese, died 1844)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions30 x 64.8 cm (11 13/16 x 25 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.28575
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.