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Matsu ni jakoneko zu byôbu
松に麝香猫図屏風
Civets, Pine Tree, Birds, and Flowers
Matsu ni jakoneko zu byôbu
松に麝香猫図屏風
Attributed to: Kano Utanosuke (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Muromachi period
mid-16th century
Medium/Technique
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 160.1 × 348.8 cm (63 1/16 × 137 5/16 in.)
Mount: 179.7 × 368.3 cm (70 3/4 × 145 in.)
Mount: 179.7 × 368.3 cm (70 3/4 × 145 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6781
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #40; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 27
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.