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Twelve Zodiacal Animals
Twelve Zodiacal Animals

Twelve Zodiacal Animals

Kishi Renzan (Japanese, 1805–1859)
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and light color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 124 x 54.3cm (48 13/16 x 21 3/8in.)
Image: 54.2 x 123.9 cm (21 5/16 x 48 3/4 in.)
Image: 51.6 x 123.9 cm (20 5/16 x 48 3/4 in.)
Storage: 170.2 x 62.7 x 11 cm (67 x 24 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8538
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.
Landscapes in the Four Seasons
Kishi Renzan
mid 19th century
Group shot: 11.4733, 11.4761
Kishi Renzan
mid 19th century
Twelve Zodiacal Animals
Kishi Renzan
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Plum Blossoms,Crane, and Deer
Kishi Ganku
early 19th century
Landscapes
Unkoku Tôgan
16th–17th centuries
Landscapes
Unkoku Tôgan
16th–17th century
Horses
Hasegawa Sakon
first half of the 17th century
Buffaloes
Hasegawa Sakon
first half of the 17th century
Carp
Shirai Naokata
19th century
Tigers
Shirai Naokata
end of the 18th century
Dragon amid Clouds
Artist unknown, Japanese
16th century
Dragon amid Clouds
Artist unknown, Japanese
16th century