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Geese and Reeds

(Japanese, 1644 – 1732)
17th–18th centuries
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions95.0 x 35.3 cm (37 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.6958
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.
Ox and Herder
Yamaguchi Sekkei
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Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller
Yamaguchi Sekkei
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Chinese Woman
Yamaguchi Soken
early 19th century
Rooster
Yamaguchi Soken
19th century
Maple Hunters
Yamaguchi Soken
19th century
Flowers
Shunyo
19th century
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)