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Ryu ni kame, take ni tsuru zu
滝に亀図
Tortoises and Waterfall
Ryu ni kame, take ni tsuru zu
滝に亀図
Kano Yûsen Hironobu (Japanese, 1778–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
first half of the 19th century
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 115.5 x 48.6 cm (45 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
Mounting: 200 x 61 cm
Mounting: 200 x 61 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6866
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. I (Kano), no. 207(2)
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.