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Saeki Shunkô (Japanese, 1909 – 1942)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1936

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, and silver on paper
Dimensions Overall: 264.2 x 198.1 cm (104 x 78 in.) Unglazed.
Credit Line Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously
Accession Number2007.815
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 192, fig. 29
Provenance1936, exhibited at the 1st Shin Bunten and purchased from the artist by Hosokawa Rikizô, as part of the Hosokawa collection; entered the Meguro gajoen, Tokyo immediately after World War II; 2003 acquired from the Meguro gajoen by Julia Meech and Patricia Salmon; 2007 offered to the Museum for purchase. (Accession date: December 12, 2007)