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Fûjin
風神
Wind God
Fûjin
風神
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Meiji era
19th century
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 114 x 35.4 cm (44 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Overall: 188 x 49.5 cm (74 x 19 1/2 in.)
Overall: 188 x 49.5 cm (74 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7514
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 95b
Signed
Shôjô Kyôsai
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (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.