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Bugaku Dancer Wearing a Nasori Mask

Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 108.3 x 40.6 cm (42 5/8 x 16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8125
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.
Shaka, the Historical Buddha
Artist unknown, Japanese
dated 1805 (Bunka 2)
Ten Rakan
Artist unknown, Japanese
19th century
Bodhidharma (Daruma) on a Reed
Artist unknown, Japanese
14th century
The Death of the Historical Buddha
Artist unknown, Japanese
19th century
Various Deities of Mount Atago
Artist unknown, Japanese
dated 1665 (Kanbun 5)
Bugaku Dance: Ranryô-ô
Artist unknown, Japanese
18th–19th centuries
Bugaku Dance: Saisoro
Artist unknown, Japanese
18th–19th centuries
Artist unknown, Japanese
about Shôtoku (1711–16) - Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Nakajima Mihoemon II
Artist unknown, Japanese
dated 1766 (Meiwa 3)
Artist unknown, Japanese
Kan'ei (1624 -44) - Kanbun (1661 -73) eras
White-Robed Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Artist unknown, Japanese
dated 1699 (Genroku 12)
Quail and Millet
Artist unknown, Japanese
17th–18th centuries