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Banshoku zukô (Designs for All Artisans)

Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)

Nanritei Kiraku (Japanese, active in 1804–1835)

Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)

Kawachiya Tôbei (Japanese)

Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)

Gunkyokudô (Japanese)

prefaces to volumes 1 and 2: 1835 (kinoto hitsuji)

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

DimensionsOverall: 22.3 x 15.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number2000.1248.1-3

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ClassificationsIllustrated books

Collections

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 14, 2001)

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.