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Seven Gods of Good Fortune

(Japanese, about 1743–1820)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 45 x 64.8 cm (17 11/16 x 25 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7079
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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.
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Emperor Doll for the Dolls' Festival
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
mid 19th century
Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
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Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
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Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
mid 19th century
Bodhidharma (Daruma)
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
late 18th century
Yanagi no ito (Willow Silk)
Tsutsumi Tôrin III
1797 (Kansei 9)