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Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Itaya Hironobu (Japanese, 1820–1859)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 140.1 x 315.8 cm (55 3/16 x 124 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7160
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.
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons
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Itaya Hironobu
19th century
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View: Section 5 of 6
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Birds and Flowers
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Watanabe Shôeki
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Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
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Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Section 3 of 3
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Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
View: Section 2 of 3
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Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
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Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
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Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Image Not Available for Spring Flowers
Spring Flowers
Watanabe Shikô
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