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Scroll for the Sleeve (Sode no maki)

Scroll for the Sleeve (Sode no maki)

(Japanese, 1752–1815)
(Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal hashira-e; each sheet: 12.6 x 67.8 cm (4 15/16 x 26 11/16 in.); complete scroll: 12.6 x 902.3 cm (4 15/16 x 355 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.319
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)