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Kokon gasô

(Japanese, 1715 – 1786)
1769 (Meiwa 6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions26.6 x 17.0 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2009.3880.1-2
On View
Not on view
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: August 25, 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.

Willow, Peony, and Orioles
Sô Shiseki
1764 (Meiwa 1), Spring
White-Cheeked Starlings and Pomegranates
Sô Shiseki
late 18th century
Rooster
Sô Shiseki
early 19th century
Hen
Sô Shiseki
early 19th century
Emerald Doves on Flowering Cherry
Sô Shiseki
18th century
Volume I, Page 16
Nakanoin Michikatsu (Yasoku sô)
postface: 1608 (Keichô 13)
Katsukawa Shunzan
colophon: 1880 (Meiji 13)
Sketchbook
Muratani Shiseki
after 1894–1910