Flying Cranes, by Six Artists

Ônishi Chinnen (Japanese, 1792–1851)

Makino Sessen (Japanese, 1820–1904)

Seki Suigaku

Yamada Hôgyoku (Japanese, active 1820s–1840s)

Kita Busei (Japanese,1776–1856)

Harada Keigaku (Japanese, active about 1850–1860)

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsUchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 22.2 x 29.8 cm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.20458

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ClassificationsPrints

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: August 3, 1911)

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.