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Pictures to Quench the Fire and Avoid Bewitchment
Tsukioka Sessai (Japanese, died in 1839)
Japanese
Edo period
about late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Medium/Technique
Section of a handscroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.7 x 618 cm (15 1/4 x 243 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)