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Hô'ô zu byôbu
鳳凰図屏風
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Hô'ô zu byôbu
鳳凰図屏風
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/Technique
Eight-panel folding screen; ink, color, cut gold-leaf, and sprinkled gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 35.8 x 233.2 cm (14 1/8 x 91 13/16 in.)
Overall: 44.7 x 242 cm (17 5/8 x 95 1/4 in.)
Overall: 44.7 x 242 cm (17 5/8 x 95 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7433
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 65; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 387
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.