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Minchô shiken

(Japanese, 1680–1763)
late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 17.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.); ôhon
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2009.3897.1-2
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.

Ranma zushiki (Designs for Decorative Transoms)
Ôoka Shunboku
about 1734 (Kyôhô 19)
Ôoka Shunboku
1750 (Kannen 3)
Page 26
Ôoka Shunboku
1761 (Hôreki 11)
Ôoka Shunboku
1720 (Kyôhô 5)
Ôoka Shunboku
1740 (Genbun 5)
Ôoka Shunboku
1753 (Hôreki 3)
Ôoka Shunboku
about 1720
Ôoka Shunboku
colophon: 1753 (Hôreki 3)
Ôoka Shunboku
Ôoka Shunboku
about 1750 (Kannen 3)
Ôoka Shunboku
about 1797 (Kansei 9)