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The Asazuma-bune in Cloud and Rain
The Asazuma-bune in Cloud and Rain

The Asazuma-bune in Cloud and Rain

Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Bunsei (1818–30) to Tenpô (1830–44) eras
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 27.5 x 519.5 cm (10 13/16 x 204 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.243
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
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)
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Courtesan with Child Attendant
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about first half of the Bunka era (1804–18)
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Bunsei (1818 -30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras
Portrait of a Samurai
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Bunsei (1818 -30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras
The Boat Asazuma
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Standing Woman
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Bunka era (1804–18)
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