Guide to Tokyo and Surrounding Areas (Tôkyô tochû togai saiken no zu)
Ryûzan
(Japanese, dates unknown)
Medium/TechniqueCopperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions17.4 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45844.4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
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.
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Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige)
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 19th–early 20th century
Aôdô Denzen
1877 (Meiji 10), October; original late 18th C.
Matsuda Rokuzan (Gengendô II)
