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Sankyoku gassô zu
三曲合奏図
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Three Women Playing Musical Instruments
Sankyoku gassô zu
三曲合奏図
Katsushika Ôi (Japanese, active about 1818–after 1854)
Japanese
Edo period
Bunsei (1818 - 30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 46.5 x 67.5 cm (18 5/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Overall: 132 x 90 cm (51 15/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Overall: 132 x 90 cm (51 15/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7689
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
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #142; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 175; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 69; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 443; MFA, Bosuton bijutsukan nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, v. 3 (2000), pl. 91
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.