Dongfang Shuo (Tôhôsaku)

Kano Takanobu (Japanese, 1740–1794)

latter half of the 18th century

Medium/TechniqueOne of a set of three hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk

DimensionsImage: 146.5 x 68.6 cm (57 11/16 x 27 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.6691

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Asia

ProvenancePrior to 1886, sold by Yamanaka and Company to Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Boston. By 1911, William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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