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亀（遊）戯図巻 （霊物痴戯）
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One Hundred Tortoises
亀（遊）戯図巻 （霊物痴戯）
Ônishi Chinnen (Japanese, 1792–1851)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/Technique
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 28 × 1327.1 cm (11 × 522 1/2 in.)
Overall: 28.1 × 1351.1 cm (11 1/16 × 531 15/16 in.)
Overall: 28.1 × 1351.1 cm (11 1/16 × 531 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8162
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
文政乙酉四月廿五日 椿年／中村仏庵による題「霊物痴戯 ／菊池五山による跋 ･･･己酉夏五々山池無絃識時年八十有二
Marks
大寿」（朱文重郭亀甲印）／中村仏庵による題「仏庵」（白文方印）「雲介」（白文方印）「如是」（白文長方印）／菊池五山による跋「池桐孫印」（白文方印）「池無絃印」（白文方印）
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.