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Pictures and Calligraphy in Miniature Copperplate Prints, Complete (Mijin dôban shoga saiken zen): counterclockwise from top right, the Iroha Poem in Katakana (Katakana iroha); the Iroha Poem in Kanji (Mana iroha); Complete Map of Japan (Dai Nihon yochi zu); Poem Cards (Uta karuta); Collection of Treasures (Takara zukushi); Pictures of the Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki gashô); the 53 Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki); Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei); the Orchid Pavilion Preface (Rantei ki [=Rantei jo]); Three Kinds of Drunks (Sannin jôgo)

Pictures and Calligraphy in Miniature Copperplate Prints, Complete (Mijin dôban shoga saiken zen): counterclockwise from top right, the Iroha Poem in Katakana (Katakana iroha); the Iroha Poem in Kanji (Mana iroha); Complete Map of Japan (Dai Nihon yochi zu); Poem Cards (Uta karuta); Collection of Treasures (Takara zukushi); Pictures of the Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki gashô); the 53 Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan eki); Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei); the Orchid Pavilion Preface (Rantei ki [=Rantei jo]); Three Kinds of Drunks (Sannin jôgo)

(Japanese, dates unknown)
Medium/TechniqueCopperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions4.8 × 8.7 cm (1 7/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45842.9
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.