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猛虎図押絵貼屏風
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猛虎図押絵貼屏風
Shirai Naokata (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
end of the 18th century
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and light color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
Image: 132.1 x 48.5 cm (52 x 19 1/8 in.) - each panel
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8158
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
直賢写
Marks
白直賢印 （白文方印） 子斎 （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.
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.