Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West, and Mu Wang (Bokuô)
Kano Eitoku
(Japanese, 1543–1590)
16th–17th centuries
Medium/TechniqueSix-panel folding screen; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions120.8 x 264.2 cm (47 9/16 x 104 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6830
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
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.
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 Shunsetsu
latter half of the 17th century