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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.
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Hansuke no kamisama
Takei Takeo
September 10, 1976 (Shôwa 51)
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Takei Takeo
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April 1, 1979
Kahei to neko (Kahei and the Cat)
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September 20, 1979
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Takei Takeo
October 10, 1982
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Takei Takeo
May 30, 1974
Rui to Kanna
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October 8, 1978
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Takei Takeo
August 15, 1979