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Cherry Blossoms and Crescent Moon

(Japanese, dates unknown)
1856 (Ansei 3)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 107.3 x 42.1 cm (42 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Overall: 199.5 x 60 cm (78 9/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8141
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.
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Restricted: For reference only
Katô Bunrei
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Badger
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Spring Landscape
Mori Ippô
1869 (Meiji 2)
Autumn Landscape
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1869 (Meiji 2)
Autumn Landscape with Deer and Monkeys
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mid 19th century
Goats Under a Willow Tree
Mori Shunkei
early 19th century
Peafowl and Peonies
Mori Bunryô
late 18th century
Ducks
Mori Ransai
late 18th century
Landscape
Mori Ippô
mid 19th century
Tayû
Mori Ippô
mid 19th century