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「蜀三傑 其一 劉備」
No. 1, Liu Bei (Sono ichi, Ryûbi), from the series Three Heroes of the State of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)
「蜀三傑 其一 劉備」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1931
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #9; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #77
DescriptionPoem translated in Ohki w/ Haliburton 2020, p. 52; discussed but not translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 110.
Signed
(Gakutei Sadaoka byô; rubbed off of this impression)
（岳亭定岡描）
（岳亭定岡描）
Marks
Printer's seal: Shiba Konori
InscriptionsPoem by Goryûen Ichindo: Kuchi akashi/ kotaen mono ga/ hana
sakite/ ryûshi no ten no/ yoeru momozono
くちあかし こたえんものか 花咲く 劉氏の天の 酔える桃園
sakite/ ryûshi no ten no/ yoeru momozono
くちあかし こたえんものか 花咲く 劉氏の天の 酔える桃園
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)