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Chiku jaku zu
竹雀・水禽図
Sparrows and Bamboo
Chiku jaku zu
竹雀・水禽図
School of: Tawaraya Sôtatsu (Japanese, died about 1640)
Japanese
Edo period
17th century
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
115.4 x 49.3 cm (45 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7222
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #53; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VIII (Rimpa), no. 1 (1)
InscriptionsWritten on the box: [ ]
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.