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Landscapes of the Four Seasons (in the style of Xia Gui and Sesshû)

(Japanese, 1602–1674)
latter half of the 17th century
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 27.8 x 598.5 cm (10 15/16 x 235 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6742
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 Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
White-Robed Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Kano Tan'yû
dated 1668 (Kanbun 8)
Raijin, the Thunder God, and Mount Fuji
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
Long-Tailed Bird and Peony
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
Yang Guifei (Yôkihi)
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
Long-tailed Bird and Peony
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
Yanzi
Kano Tan'yû
mid-17th century
Confucius at the "Apricot Altar"
Kano Tan'yû
mid-17th century
Huizi
Kano Tan'yû
mid-17th century
Deer and Bamboo
Kano Tan'yû
dated 1667 (Kanbun 7)
Long-Tailed Bird on Flowering Crabapple
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century
Pheasant
Kano Tan'yû
latter half of the 17th century