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鳥獣戯画 甲巻 模本
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Copy of the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans (Chôjû jinbutsu giga), scroll 1
鳥獣戯画 甲巻 模本
Japanese
late Edo period
early 19th century
Object Place: Kamakura Romantic
Medium/Technique
One from a set of four handscrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
29.9 x 683 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9384.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
late Edo period
late Edo period
内題「鳥羽僧正筆／慶長三年二月是写」
late Edo period
内題「鳥羽僧正筆／慶長三年二月是写」
Marks
内題「□印」（白文方連印）
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.