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Inchû hassen zu
飲中八仙図
The Eight Revelers
Inchû hassen zu
飲中八仙図
Soga Shôhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781)
Japanese
Edo period
around 1770
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 166.7 × 95.3 cm (65 5/8 × 37 1/2 in.)
Mounted: 265.1 × 113.6 cm (104 3/8 × 44 3/4 in.)
Overall: 270 × 122.9 × 3.6 cm (106 5/16 × 48 3/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
Mounted: 265.1 × 113.6 cm (104 3/8 × 44 3/4 in.)
Overall: 270 × 122.9 × 3.6 cm (106 5/16 × 48 3/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7020
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. IV (Shôhaku, Jakuchû), no. 11
Signed
Signed Soga Shohaku Kiyu.
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.