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石摺り風の鍾馗図 「鬼界無近終南山」
Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller, in stone-rubbing style
石摺り風の鍾馗図 「鬼界無近終南山」
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1740s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e, in style of ishizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.6 x 14.6 cm (12 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19052
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
西村重長筆
西村重長筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Shige
Inscriptions鬼界無近終南山
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.