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桃太郎図屏風
Momotarô at the Demon Island
桃太郎図屏風
Shiokawa Bunrin (Japanese, 1808–1877)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Ka'ei 5)
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of four-panel screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
Height x length: 164 × 267.4 cm (64 9/16 × 105 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.8154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
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.