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Ehon wakan no homare (The Glories of Japan and China)

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
preface: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 16.1 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.); hanshibon
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2019.927
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 7, 2019)

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.
Katsushika Hokusai
preface and colophon: 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Page 47
Katsushika Hokusai
last postface: 1798 (Kansei 10); first preface: 1767 (Meiwa 4)
Page 10
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1798–9 (Kansei 10–11)
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1802
Katsushika Hokusai
1799 (Kansei 11)
Katsushika Hokusai
1799–1800 (Kansei 11–12)
Katsushika Hokusai
1799 (Kansei 11)
Katsushika Hokusai
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)