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Mitate Wakan koji jinbutsu zu
見立和漢故事人物図
Parodies of Historical Figure Subjects of China and Japan
Mitate Wakan koji jinbutsu zu
見立和漢故事人物図
Kawamata Tsunemasa (Japanese, active about 1716–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about Enkyô (1744–48) - Kan'en (1748–50) eras
Medium/Technique
One of a set of three hanging scrolls (left); ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Overall: 173.2 x 48.1cm (68 3/16 x 18 15/16in.)
Image: 85.1 x 27.2 cm (33 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)
Overall (incl. braid): 177 x 48.2 cm (69 11/16 x 19 in.)
Image: 85.1 x 27.2 cm (33 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)
Overall (incl. braid): 177 x 48.2 cm (69 11/16 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 21; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 134(1); Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #139
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.