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Scenes of Kyoto: The Gion Festival and Other Scenes
Rakuchu rakugai zu
洛中洛外図屏風
Inside and Outside the Capital
Scenes of Kyoto: The Gion Festival and Other Scenes
Rakuchu rakugai zu
洛中洛外図屏風
Japanese
Edo period
Kan'ei (1624–44) - Kanbun (1661–73) eras
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
Image: 155.8 x 361.8 cm (61 5/16 x 142 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7285
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 3(2)
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.