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「花園番続 くらひらきよし」
A Good Time to Open the Storehouse (Kurabiraki yoshi), from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)
「花園番続 くらひらきよし」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and silver on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.8 x 17.9 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #121
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 153.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Reitensha Sodenari: Tachikomeshi/ haru no kasumi no/ hosotoguchi/ hiraku ni wa yoki/ sawarabi no kagi
Poem by Senkodô Sakae of Sendai: Kakizome ni/ naraishi kozo no/ tehon o mo/ tobira hirakeru/ yado no fumigaura
霊天舎袖成
立こめし春の 霞の細戸口開く にはよき 早蕨の鍵
千こう堂栄
書初に 習ひし 去年の 手本をも 扉ひらける 宿の文くら
Poem by Senkodô Sakae of Sendai: Kakizome ni/ naraishi kozo no/ tehon o mo/ tobira hirakeru/ yado no fumigaura
霊天舎袖成
立こめし春の 霞の細戸口開く にはよき 早蕨の鍵
千こう堂栄
書初に 習ひし 去年の 手本をも 扉ひらける 宿の文くら
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)