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Cherry Tree and Moth
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Cherry Tree and Moth

Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)
late 18th - early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on paper
DimensionsImage: 113.8 x 40.5 cm (44 13/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Overall: 204.5 x 59.1 cm (80 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of George S. Abrams
Accession number2014.998.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1888, Yoshida Gensuke, Japan [see note 1]. July 20, 1896, sold by Kawatomo Otosaburo to Hayakawa Shuzo, Nagoya, Japan. 1976, sold by Mathias Komor (dealer), New York to an anonymous collector; 2014, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
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