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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Peacock (Kujaku), Wisteria (Fuji), and Peonies (Botan), No. 1 from the series Plants and Trees, Flowers and Birds (Sômoku kachô zue)


「孔雀 艸木華鳥図会 ふじ 牡丹花 一」
Gyôzan (Japanese, active late 19th century)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1878 (Meiji 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36822
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.36822 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.45494
Signed Gyôzan
暁山
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.