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Scenes of Amusement in Spring and Summer

(Japanese, 1726–1792)
first half of the Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 140.9 x 341 cm (55 1/2 x 134 1/4 in.)
Overall: 159 x 378 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7775
On View
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.
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Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
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Watanabe Shôeki
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Section 3 of 3
Artist unknown, Japanese
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View: Section 2 of 3
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
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