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Yowai no nagashaku momoiro juzu (The Long Ruler of Life and the Pink Prayer Beads)

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
(Japanese)
1788
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions16.7 x 12.9 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.); kohon
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number1997.383
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)

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.