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European Figures

(Japanese, dates unknown)
1858 (Ansei 5)
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on linen
DimensionsImage: 131 x 58.5 cm (51 9/16 x 23 1/16 in.)
Overall: 175 x 79 cm (68 7/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8123
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.
Matsuo Shûzan
18th century
Matsuo Shûzan
18th century
Matsuo Shûzan
18th century?
Matsuo Shûzan
18th century
Matsuo Shûzan
Matsuo Shûzan
18th–19th century
Landscape
Okamoto Toyohiko
early 19th century
Goose
Tawaraya Sôtatsu
17th century
Fish
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Young Hawks
Artist unknown, Japanese
16th century