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Izanami and Izanagi Creating the Japanese Islands


Amenonuboko o motte sokai o saguru no zu
天之瓊矛を以て滄海を探るの図
Kobayashi Eitaku (Japanese, 1843–1890)
Japanese
Meiji era
mid 1880s

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 126 x 54.6 cm (49 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Overall (Including mounting): 227 x 79 cm (89 3/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Overall (scroll box dimensions): 9 x 9 x 82 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7972
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 32
Signed Signed lower right
Marks Seal lower right
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.