Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West and Mu Wang (Bokuô)
Kano Sansetsu
(Japanese, 1590–1651)
first half of the 17th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 152.5 × 350.7 cm (60 1/16 × 138 1/16 in.)
Image: 152.5 × 350.7 cm (60 1/16 × 138 1/16 in.)
Image: 152.5 × 350.7 cm (60 1/16 × 138 1/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4316
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ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)