Pictures to Quench the Fire and Avoid Bewitchment
Tsukioka Sessai
(Japanese, died in 1839)
about late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Medium/TechniqueSection of a handscroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper
DimensionsImage: 38.7 x 618 cm (15 1/4 x 243 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.235
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)
Artist unknown, Japanese
about Kyôwa (1801–04) - early Bunka (1804–18) eras
