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吉備大臣入唐絵巻 （第一巻）
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Minister Kibi's Adventures in China (Kibi daijin nittô emaki), scroll 1
吉備大臣入唐絵巻 （第一巻）
Japanese
Heian period
12th century
Medium/Technique
One from a set of four handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on paper; Rosewood endknobs (genus Dalbergia Oliveri)
Dimensions
Image: 32 x 674.6 cm (12 5/8 x 265 9/16 in.)
Overall: 36.5 x 804.9 cm (14 3/8 x 316 7/8 in.)
Overall: 36.5 x 804.9 cm (14 3/8 x 316 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number32.131.1
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #26(1); MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 194
ProvenanceBy 1441, Oshio Hachiman Shrine, Wakasa Province (now Fukui Prefecture); probably acquired from the shrine by the Sakai family, Lords of Wakasa Province, and passed to Sakai Tadamichi (d. 1920) [see note]; to his son, Sakai Tadatae (b. 1883 - d. 1939); 1923, sold by Sakai Tadatae at auction, Tokyo Art Club, to Toda Yashichi, 2nd (b. 1867 - d. 1930), Osaka; to his son, Toda Yashichi, 3rd (Toda Rosui; dealer, b. 1892 - d. 1942), Osaka; 1932, sold by Toda Rosui, through Yamanaka and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 7, 1932)
NOTE: On the early provenance, see Robert T. Paine, Jr., "The Scroll of Kibi's Adventures in China," MFA Bulletin 31, no. 183 (February 1933): p. 2.
NOTE: On the early provenance, see Robert T. Paine, Jr., "The Scroll of Kibi's Adventures in China," MFA Bulletin 31, no. 183 (February 1933): p. 2.