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Raijin Looks Though Cloud

(Japanese, about 1850–1880)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
Dimensions2.1 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm (13/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23580
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNetsuke
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.
Teiji
19th century
Teiji
19th century
Teiji
mid-19th century
Mazakazu
19th century
Hidechika II
late 19th century
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
second half of the 19th century
Tokurinsai, or Sessado Mitsuhiro Ohara
mid-19th century
Hare and Biwa
Okatomo of Kyoto
late 18th to early 19th century