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Dragon Ascending the Heavens


Hiryu shoten
飛龍昇天
Kano Hôgai (Japanese, 1828–1888)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1887 (Meiji 20)

Medium/Technique Panel; ink on paper
Dimensions Image: 137.9 x 62.4 cm (54 5/16 x 24 9/16 in.)
Overall: 175.8 x 88.1 cm (69 3/16 x 34 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4795
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 5
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum