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Hyôtan sakka (The Gourd Worker)
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Hyôtan sakka (The Gourd Worker)

Takei Takeo (Japanese, 1894–1983)
March 10, 1972
Medium/TechniqueCoupage, relief printing, clamshell box
DimensionsOverall: 14.3 x 11.8 cm (5 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2007.179
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenancePrior to November 2005, 102 of the 113 volumes were purchased by a bookseller from a private collector, Japan; November 2005, purchased by Charles Vilnis, Boston, from the bookseller in Osaka, Japan; Spring 2006, remaining 11 volumes purchased at two shops in Tokyo, Japan; 2007, 113 volumes offered for purchase to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Charles Vilnis.
Don Kihoute
Don Kihoute
Takei Takeo
November 25, 1974
Page 4
Sekai wa uzumaki (The World is a Whirlpool)
Takei Takeo
December 25, 1969
Page 10
Ten to wa nanika (What is Heaven?)
Takei Takeo
June 25, 1971
Page 6
Sennô bugyô
Takei Takeo
July 15, 1975 (Shôwa 50)
Hansuke no kamisama
Hansuke no kamisama
Takei Takeo
September 10, 1976 (Shôwa 51)
Page 3
Nezumikozô Gerokichi
Takei Takeo
September 13, 1977
Page 6
Hanatatsu to tanuki
Takei Takeo
April 1, 1979
Kahei to neko (Kahei and the Cat)
Kahei to neko (Kahei and the Cat)
Takei Takeo
September 20, 1979
Page 6
Kaguyahime gojitsudan
Takei Takeo
October 10, 1982
Page 9
Rom to ram (Rom and Ram)
Takei Takeo
May 30, 1974
Rui to Kanna
Rui to Kanna
Takei Takeo
October 8, 1978
Page 1
Bangasa kidan
Takei Takeo
August 15, 1979