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福禄寿 「寿 偓佺」
Longevity: Wo Quan (Ju, Akuzen), from the series Happiness, Prosperity, and Longvity (Fukurokuju)
福禄寿 「寿 偓佺」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.3 x 18.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1930
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #73; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 73
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1930, 2009.4994.8
The complete set: 00.1930, 11.19870, 11.19871; 2009.4994.6-8
Poem translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, pp. 107-8; and Polster & Marks 1980, p. 69.
The complete set: 00.1930, 11.19870, 11.19871; 2009.4994.6-8
Poem translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, pp. 107-8; and Polster & Marks 1980, p. 69.
Signed
Zugi Gakutei
図技岳亭
図技岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Kôjuken Shikyô: Yamabito mo/ haru tatsu sora ni/ uguisu no/ hatsune o matsu no/ mi ya sasaguran
やま人も春たつ そらに うくひすの はつねを まつの 実やさゝぐらん
やま人も春たつ そらに うくひすの はつねを まつの 実やさゝぐらん
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)