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和漢画巻
Detail
Connoisseur's sketches of master paintings
和漢画巻
Seki Ryôsetsu (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
mid-18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of handscrolls; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 28 x 670 cm (11 x 263 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 388(1)
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.