Retirement Hut
Daikyû Shônen (Daxiu Zhengnian)
(Chinese, 1215–1289)
13th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 26 x 72.1 cm (10 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Overall: 114 x 80 cm (44 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.) with hanging cord and jiku
Overall: 114 x 80 cm (44 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.) with hanging cord and jiku
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1478
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1965, Umezawa Hikotaro (b. 1893 – d. 1969), Tokyo, whose collection became part of the Umezawa Kinenkan (Umezawa Memorial Gallery), Tokyo [see note]. By 1981, S. Yabumoto Company, Ltd., Tokyo; 1981, sold by S. Yabumoto Company to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
NOTE: This scroll was included in the Special Spring Exhibition, Umezawa kinenkan, Tokyo, 1969, no. 11.
NOTE: This scroll was included in the Special Spring Exhibition, Umezawa kinenkan, Tokyo, 1969, no. 11.
Ishikawa Jozan
early 17th century
