Skip to main content
Auspicious Birds and Flowers
Auspicious Birds and Flowers

Auspicious Birds and Flowers

Kishi Tengaku (Japanese, 1814–1877)
1876 (Meiji 9)
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
DimensionsImage: 111.7 x 31.1 cm (44 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8003
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.
Tiger
Kishi Renzan
1842 (Tenpô 13)
Tiger
Kishi Ganku
early 19th century
Seascape and Rising Sun
Kishi Ganryô
mid 19th century
Wild Camellia and Skylark
Kishi Ganryô
mid 19th century
Crane
Kishi Ganryô
mid 19th century
Peafowl
Kishi Gantai
mid 19th century
The Sage Zhuge Liang (Shokatsu Kômei)
Kishi Gantai
mid 19th century
Spring and Summer Landscapes
Kishi Renzan
19th century
Cowherd
Kishi Gantai
1859 (Ka'ei 6)
Phoenix and Other Birds
Kishi Ganku
early 19th century