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Banshoku zukô (Designs for All Artisans)

(Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
(Japanese, active in 1804–1835)
(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
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.
2000.1247.3
Katsushika Taito II
preface to volume 1: 1827 (Bunsei 10); preface to volume 3: 1835 (Tenpô 6); preface to volume 4: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Katsushika Taito II
1837–41 (Tenpô 8–Tenpô 12)
Katsushika Taito II
19th century