Traveler Looking up at Niô
Masanao
(Japanese, dates unknown)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueUnmounted;ink and light color on paper
DimensionsImage: 95.2 x 30 cm (37 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7601
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.
19th century
1860 (Man'en1)
about 1880s–1890s
about 1880s–1890s
1884 (Meiji 17)
19th century
19th century
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
late 19th century
about 1904–05
about 1890–1910