Figures and Landscapes
Soga Shôhaku
(Japanese, 1730–1781)
18th–19th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and silver on paper mounted on silver-leafed paper; oshie-bari
DimensionsImage: 128.1 x 325 cm (50 7/16 x 127 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7054
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.
18th–19th centuries
about Genna (1615–24) - Ken'ei (1624–44) eras
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
17th–18th centuries
17th–18th century
17th century
17th century
17th century
first half of the 17th century