Accordion-fold album of miniature drawings for metalwork (title illegible)
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 14.3 × 18 cm (5 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.46054
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2022)
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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