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亀（遊）戯図巻
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One Hundred Tortoises
亀（遊）戯図巻
Ônishi Chinnen (Japanese, 1792–1851)
Japanese
Edo period
1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.9 × 1149 cm (11 × 452 3/8 in.)
Overall: 28 × 1177.3 cm (11 × 463 1/2 in.)
Overall: 28 × 1177.3 cm (11 × 463 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8163
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
「文政甲申九月九日 椿年」／華月による題「百亀遊戯之図」／谷文晁による跋「世之画亀者隆背尖首曳尾頓足…文政乙酉杪冬文晁
Marks
「大寿」（朱文重郭亀甲印）／華月による題「華月」（朱文方印）「書足以記名姓而已」（朱文方印）「乙酉」（朱文円印）／谷文晁による跋「無弐」（朱文瓢印）「日々新」（朱文方印）
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.