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Raijin
雷神
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Thunder God
Raijin
雷神
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Meiji era
19th century
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 114 x 35.4 cm (44 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Overall: 188 x 49.5 cm (74 x 19 1/2 in.)
Overall: 188 x 49.5 cm (74 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4605
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 95a
Signed
Shôjô Kyôsai
ProvenancePrior to 1886, purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886, purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911, bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)