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Sogi


Sogi zô
飯尾宗祗像
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, 1476–1559)
Japanese
Muromachi period
first half of the 16th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 97.1 × 55.3 cm (38 1/4 × 21 3/4 in.)
Mounted: 191.3 × 71.5 cm (75 5/16 × 28 1/8 in.)
Overall: 194.4 × 76.4 × 2.7 cm (76 1/2 × 30 1/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Frederick L. Jack Fund
Accession Number58.314
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #37; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 101; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 6
ProvenanceSaid to have come from the collection of the Konoike family, Osaka, Japan. 1958, sold by The Fan Company, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 1958)