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Rakan


Jûroku rakan zu
十六羅漢図
Itô Jakuchû (Japanese, 1716–1800)
Japanese
Edo period
second half of the 18th century

Medium/Technique One of a set of sixteen hanging scrolls: ink on paper
Dimensions Image: 113.7 x 59 cm (44 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
Overall (incl mounting): 205.7 × 69.9 cm (81 × 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6931
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #57; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. IV (Shôhaku, Jakuchû), no. 42n
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.