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Kanga shinan (Instructions in Chinese Painting)

1779 (An'ei 8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions25.5 x 18.1 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2009.3742.1-2
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 21, 2009)

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.