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Fukurokuju, One of the Gods of Good Fortune


Fukurokuju zu
福禄寿図
Hanabusa Itchô (Japanese, 1652–1724)
Japanese
Edo period
first half of the 18th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions Image: 112.6 x 43 cm (44 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 327
Signed Hanabusa Itcho sho [signature]
Marks Hokuso Chuin [seal]
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.