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Gungyo zu
群魚図
Kôno Bairei (Japanese, 1844–1895)
Japanese
early Meiji era
late 19th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions Image: 155.8 x 69.1 cm (61 5/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8137
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Signed 楳嶺
Marks 幸野直豊 (白文方印) 梅嶺 (朱文方印)
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.