Ehon tsuki-no izumi (Picture Book of the Inexhaustible Spring)
Okada Gyokuzan
(Japanese, 1737–1812)
Komoriken Uomaro
(Japanese)
Otsukaya Sobei
(Japanese)
Preface: 1796, Colophon: 1797
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book (stitched); ink on paper
Dimensions26.1 x 17.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.); ôhon
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number1997.435
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
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: July 31, 1998)
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.
Utagawa Kuninao
cover: 1823 (Bunsei 6) Spring
Shitomi Kangetsu
Preface and colophon: 1770
Tomikawa Fusanobu (Ginsetsu)
Mid to late 18th century
