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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
1826 (Bunsei 9)
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.9 × 1343.3 cm (11 × 528 7/8 in.)
Overall: 28.1 × 1367.8 cm (11 1/16 × 538 1/2 in.)
Overall: 28.1 × 1367.8 cm (11 1/16 × 538 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8164
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
「文政甲申秋閏八月二十三日／椿年」／中村仏庵による題「俯仰養気」／大窪詩仏による跋「有人請画亀於大寿大寿為写一亀……丙戌四月詩佛老人大漥行題於玉池精舎」
Marks
「大寿」（朱文重郭亀甲印）／中村仏庵による題「佛庵」（白文方印）「雲介」（白文方印）「如是」（白文長方印）／大窪詩仏による跋「於玉池外史」（朱文方印）「詩道場」（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.