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White Serpent on a Shamisen

(Japanese, 1824–1876)
dated 1851 (Ka`ei 5)
Medium/TechniquePanel; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 30.7 x 54.4 cm (12 1/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7415
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.
Man with Sedge Hat
Hokushin
about Kôka (1844–48) - Ka`ei (1848–54) eras
Echigo Lion Dancers (Kakubei-jishi)
Hokushin
about 1863 (Bunkyû 3)
Cocks Fighting
Hokushin
about Kôka (1844–48) - Ka`ei (1848–54) eras
Fish and Abalone Shell
Hokushin
about Kôka (1844–48) - Ka'ei (1848–54) eras
Echigo Lion Dancers (Kakubei-jishi)
Hokushin
about 1863 (Bunkyû 3)
Copy of Shakyamuni
19th–20th century
Copy of 500 Luohans at Daitoku-ji
Kano Shunsen Tomonobu
19th–20th century
Party to Admire the Autumn Foliage
Artist unknown, Japanese
about Kanbun era (1661–73)
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras