Title page of album: Customs of the East in Color Woodblock Prints of Great Japan (Dai Nippon nishiki-e azuma fûzoku)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical chûban; 21.4 x 15.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45394.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
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: January 19, 2005)
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.
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.
Artist unknown, Japanese
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Utagawa Yoshikazu