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Cherry Blossoms and Crescent Moon


三日月に桜図
Mori Bunrei (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3)

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 107.3 x 42.1 cm (42 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Overall: 199.5 x 60 cm (78 9/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8141
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné KJM2-Kyoto-007
Signed 「丙辰春楔月 文禮図」
Marks 文士禮□
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.