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Preface, from the album Willow Silk (Yanagi no ito)

1797 (Kansei 9)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 24.1 x 37 cm (9 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45894
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
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Various Artists, Japanese
1794 (Kansei 6)
Text page, from the album Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko tôka)
Various Artists, Japanese
1798 (Kansei 10)
Text page, from the album Colors of Spring (Haru no iro)
Various Artists, Japanese
1794 (Kansei 6)
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
Album of Surimono
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
Various Artists, Japanese
19th century
Various Artists, Japanese
19th century