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Imayô kushi kiseru hinagata (Modern Designs for Combs and Pipes)

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
(Japanese, 1783–1842)
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
autumn 1822 preface, 5/1823 colophon, spring 1823 postface
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions13 x 18.3 cm (5 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number1997.885.1-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceProbably by 1903, part of the library of the department of the Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts [see note]; 1997, catalogued by the MFA; 1998, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)

NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.
Katsushika Hokusai
preface and colophon: 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Page 47
Katsushika Hokusai
last postface: 1798 (Kansei 10); first preface: 1767 (Meiwa 4)
Page 10
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1798–9 (Kansei 10–11)
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1802
Katsushika Hokusai
1799 (Kansei 11)
Katsushika Hokusai
1799–1800 (Kansei 11–12)
Katsushika Hokusai
1799 (Kansei 11)
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)