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Ryûko zu byôbu
龍虎図屏風
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Ryûko zu byôbu
龍虎図屏風
Hasegawa Tôhaku (Japanese, 1539–1610)
Japanese
Momoyama period
dated 1606 (Keichô 11)
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
154.2 x 340 cm (60 11/16 x 133 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7073
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #44; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 92 (1)
Signed
Signed "Five generations from Sesshu, Hasegawa Hogen Tohaku, 68 years old, brush of Hasegawa Tohaku"
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.