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The Inevitable Change


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九相図
Kikuchi Yôsai (Japanese, 1788–1878)
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
Dimensions Image: 116.5 x 53.7 cm (45 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Overall (Including mounting): 181 x 73 cm (71 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8648
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 67
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.