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(Japanese, 1828–1888)
mid–1880s
Medium/TechniquePanel; ink and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 21.2 x 33.7 cm (8 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Overall: 59.5 x 52.6 cm (23 7/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9354
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.
Kano Hôgai
about 1885 (Meiji 18)
Kano Hôgai
about 1887 (Meiji 20)
Landscape
Kano Hôgai
about 1887 (Meiji 20)
View: Leaf with lakeside house and boat
Kano Hôgai
late 1880s
Zhong Qui (Shôki), the Demon Queller
Kano Hôgai
about 1887 (Meiji 20)
Bamboo
Kano Hôgai
about 1887 (Meiji 20)
Hawks in a Ravine
Kano Hôgai
about 1885–86 (Meiji 19)
Chinese Scholars
Kano Eisen'in Michinobu
latter half of the 18th century
Chinese Scholars
Kano Eisen'in Michinobu
latter half of the 18th century
Flowers on a Lacquer Plate
Kano Shunsen Tomonobu
1860s–1880s
Chinese Court Figures
Kano Sanraku
17th century