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Kôno Bairei (Japanese, 1844–1895)
late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
DimensionsImage: 155.8 x 69.1 cm (61 5/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8137
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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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1887 (Meiji 20)
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1895 (Meiji 28)
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1890s–1900s
Winter, No. 5: Chrysanthemums and Ducks (Kangiku, ajigamo, fuyu, go), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Winter, No. 5: Chrysanthemums and Ducks (Kangiku, ajigamo, fuyu, go), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Kôno Bairei
1883 (Meiji 16), December 27
Summer, No. 1: Poppies and Common Moorhen (Keshi [two spellings], ban, natsu ichi), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Summer, No. 1: Poppies and Common Moorhen (Keshi [two spellings], ban, natsu ichi), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Kôno Bairei
1883 (Meiji 16), December 27
Spring, No. 9: Akebia Quinata and Azure-winged Magpie, popularly Called Longtail Bird (Akebi, renjaku, zoku ni onagadori, haru kyû), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Spring, No. 9: Akebia Quinata and Azure-winged Magpie, popularly Called Longtail Bird (Akebi, renjaku, zoku ni onagadori, haru kyû), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Kôno Bairei
1883 (Meiji 16), December 27
Fall, No.14: Mallows and Snipe (Fuyô, wamei no ki, shigi, aki jûyon), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Fall, No.14: Mallows and Snipe (Fuyô, wamei no ki, shigi, aki jûyon), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)
Kôno Bairei
1883 (Meiji 16), December 27