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Ducks Under Pine Trees


Matsu ni oshidori zu byôbu
松に鴛鴦図屏風
Attributed to: Kano Utanosuke (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Muromachi period
mid-16th century

Medium/Technique Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions 154.7 x 348.8cm (60 7/8 x 137 5/16in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6787
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #41; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 28
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.