Bugaku mask of the Kitoku type
舞楽面 貴徳
Japanese
Edo period
17th century
Artist Unknown, Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 5, pg. 104: no. 185
Dimensions
23.0 x 16.1 x 12.2 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.) (h x w x d)
Accession Number
11.6098
Medium or Technique
Material unidentified
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection