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Man Playing Koto


Figure and Landscapes
Sansui jinbutsu zu
山水人物図
Formerly attributed to: Soga Shôhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique One of a set of five unmounted paintings; ink on paper
Dimensions Image: 129 x 58 cm (50 13/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7060
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. IV (Shôhaku, Jakuchû), no. 36b
Marks Seal of Shohaku
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.