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鳥獣戯画
Copy of the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and People (Chôjû jinbutsu giga), scroll 3
鳥獣戯画
Copied by: Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779–1843)
Japanese
late Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Kamakura Romantic
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of handscrolls; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 1084.8 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9189
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
本奥「秘蔵之繪本也／拾四枚也／建長五年五月日竹丸所蔵」
Marks
「景文之印」（朱文重廓方印）
Inscriptions蓋表「景文摸寫鳥羽僧正百戯之筆意二巻」蓋裏「静観堂蔵」
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.