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Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

(Japanese, 1653–1718)
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 38.3 x 529.1 cm (15 1/16 x 208 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6709
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.
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Landscapes of the Four Seasons (Spring and Summer)
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Landscapes of the Four Seasons (Autumn and Winter)
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Kano Isen'in Naganobu
first half of the 19th century
Kano Seisen'in Osanobu
first half of the 19th century
Carp Ascending Waterfall
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
dated 1668 (Kanbun 8)
Libai Viewing Waterfall
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Pigeon in Plum Tree
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Long-tailed Bird in Chokeberry Bush
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
RESTRICTED: For reference use
View 1
Kano Tsunenobu
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
RESTRICTED: For reference use
View 5
Kano Tsunenobu
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Kano Tanshin Morimasa
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries