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Kingfisher and Peony


牡丹に翡翠
Shōtei Hokuju (Japanese, 1763–1824)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.8 x 17.5 cm (9 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21094
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hokuju ga
北寿画
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.