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Shochiku oi(ro)-ebi zu
松竹梅海老図
New Year's Emblem: Spiny Lobster, Pine, Bamboo, and Plum
Shochiku oi(ro)-ebi zu
松竹梅海老図
Yoshimura Kobun (Ryôsai) (Japanese, 1790–1863)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Ka'ei 7)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 100 x 35.9 cm (39 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8539
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
了斎
Marks
孝文 （朱方変形印）
Inscriptions蓋表「海老 了斎画」蓋裏「嘉永七寅／弥生調之 中西」
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.