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Eight Transcendents

(Japanese, died 1865)
mid 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 110.6 x 44.4 cm (43 9/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Overall: 188 x 58 cm (74 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8218
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.
Landscape
Honda Tenjo
about 1887 (Meiji 20)
Fish in the Water
Yoshii Gyokkô
1882 (Meiji 15)
Flowers
Shunyo
19th century
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Mandala of Kumano Shrine
latter half of the 13th century
15th century