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Monkeys

(Japanese, 1747–1821)
late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 138.4 x 51.7 cm (54 1/2 x 20 3/8 in.) (No.1,6)
Image: 138.4 x 58.2 cm (54 1/2 x 22 15/16 in.) (No.2,3,4,5)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.8591
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.
Monkeys
Mori Sosen
19th century
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Tawaraya Sôtatsu
17th century
Poppies
Tawaraya Sôtatsu
17th century
Landscapes
Unkoku Tôgan
16th–17th centuries
Landscapes
Unkoku Tôgan
16th–17th century
Panel 2, top of scene
Artist unknown, Japanese
Kanbun era (1661–73)
Landscapes in the Four Seasons
Kishi Renzan
mid 19th century
Group shot: 11.4733, 11.4761
Kishi Renzan
mid 19th century
Horses
Hasegawa Sakon
first half of the 17th century