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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

(Japanese, dates unknown)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 35.3 x 46.1 cm (13 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6603
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.
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Warrior at Mure Takamatsu
Kano Tôshun Yoshinobu
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Landscapes and Pavilions
Kano Isen'in Naganobu
first half of the 19th century
Landscapes and Pavilions
Kano Isen'in Naganobu
first half of the 19th century
Landscapes and Pavilions
Kano Isen'in Naganobu
first half of the 19th century
Wang Zhaojun (Ôshôkun)
Kano Kuninobu
first half of the 19th century
Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West, and Attendants
Kano Tanshin Morimichi
first half of the 19th century
Landscapes of the Four Seasons
Kano Eitoku Tachinobu
dated 1849 (Kaei 2)
Landscapes of the Four Seasons
Kano Eitoku Tachinobu
dated 1849 (Kaei 2)
Landscapes of the Four Seasons
Kano Eitoku Tachinobu
dated 1849 (Kaei 2)
Minamoto no Yorimasa Receiving a Tachi
Kano Yukinobu
latter half of the 18th century
Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries