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Eagle
Shichô zu byôbu
鷙鳥図屏風
Eagle on a Rock
Eagle
Shichô zu byôbu
鷙鳥図屏風
Soga Nichokuan (Japanese, active about 1625–1660)
Japanese
Edo period
17th century
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
151.7 x 348.6cm (59 3/4 x 137 1/4in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6912
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #47; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 116-7; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 119 (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.