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Wrapper for the book Yôsan hiroku (Secrets of Sericulture)

(Japanese, 1767–1823)
1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions23.9 × 18.8 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45857.9
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.
Hayami Shungyôsai
1813 (Bunka 10)
Shungyôsai Hokusei
1829 and undated (1807)
Nô mask of the Kobeshimi type
Hayami dôshi
19th century
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month