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Shun'yu ryûin zu byôbu
春遊柳蔭図屏風
Scenes of Amusement in Spring and Summer
Shun'yu ryûin zu byôbu
春遊柳蔭図屏風
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
first half of the Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Medium/Technique
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 140.9 x 341 cm (55 1/2 x 134 1/4 in.)
Overall: 159 x 378 cm
Overall: 159 x 378 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7775
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 34; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 244(2)
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.