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牛若丸と弁慶の双六
Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Benkei Playing Sugoroku
牛若丸と弁慶の双六
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1924
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #25; Carpenter at al, Reading Surimono (2008), #101; Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), #22
DescriptionPoem translated in Ohki w/ Haliburton 2020, p. 104; Mirviss 1995, p. 106, and Carpenter et al 2008, p. 225.
Signed
Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓
葵岡北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Soramitsuya: Wakamusha ni/ make-oshimi iu/ Benkei mo/ kobushi o nigiru/ taka no hatsuyume
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)