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Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei


Gensô Yokihi yûraku zu
玄宗楊貴妃遊楽図
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
Tenmei (1781 - 89) - Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
Dimensions Image: 53 x 85.2 cm (20 7/8 x 33 9/16 in.)
Overall: 162.6 x 106.7 cm (64 x 42 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7754
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 41; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 228
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.