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Copy of Hell scenes from Illustrated Legends of the Kitano tenjin Shrine (Kitano tenjin engi emaki)


北野天神縁起絵巻 模本
Copied by: Sumiyoshi Hirokata (Japanese, 1835–1883)
Japanese
early Meiji era
second half of 19th century
Object Place: Kamakura Romantic

Medium/Technique Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 54.8 x 589.0 cm
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9183
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.