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Four paintings: (a) Drummer (pair with acrobats?); (b) Acrobats; (c) Shinto shrine priestess and Buddhist priest; (d) Two priests, one making a grotesque face
Hokusen (Japanese, died about 1885)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
Medium/Technique
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
a) Height x width: 90.5 × 28.3 cm (35 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
b) Height x width: 89.6 × 27.8 cm (35 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.)
c) Height x width: 70 × 37.4 cm (27 9/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
d) Height x width: 76 × 27.3 cm (29 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
b) Height x width: 89.6 × 27.8 cm (35 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.)
c) Height x width: 70 × 37.4 cm (27 9/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
d) Height x width: 76 × 27.3 cm (29 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9359a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
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.
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.