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The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

18th century
Medium/TechniqueTwo-panel folding screen; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
DimensionsImage: 155.5 x 168.8 cm (61 1/4 x 66 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6398
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
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.
Chinese Court Figures
Kano Sanraku
17th century
Tartar Envoys Bringing Tribute
Kano Eitoku
latter half of the 16th century
Genre Scene
Artist unknown, Japanese
first half of the 17th century
Section 3 of 3
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
View: Section 2 of 3
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
Cherry Tree in Bloom
Artist unknown, Japanese
early-17th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
Genna (1615–24) - Kan'ei (1624–44) eras
Artist unknown, Japanese
first half of the 17th century
Panel 2, top of scene
Artist unknown, Japanese
Kanbun era (1661–73)
Panel 5, top of scene
Artist unknown, Japanese
Kanbun era (1661–73)