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日出鳳凰図
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Phoenix and Sun
日出鳳凰図
Itô Jakuchû (Japanese, 1716–1800)
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold on silk; stag antler (Cervus nippon) jiku
Dimensions
Image: 103.4 × 36.3 cm (40 11/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Overall (including jiku and hanging braid): 197 × 57.5 cm (77 9/16 × 22 5/8 in.)
Overall (including jiku and hanging braid): 197 × 57.5 cm (77 9/16 × 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6940
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. IV (Shôhaku, Jakuchû), no. 46
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.