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「見立七福神 弁天」
Woman Representing Benzaiten, from the series Allusions to the Seven Lucky Gods (Mitate shichifukujin)
「見立七福神 弁天」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1928
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alcains & Tomita, Felicitationes Japonesas (2020), pp. 54-5; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #52; Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #6; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #133
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 179; Spanish translation in
Alcains & Tomita 2020, p. 54.
Alcains & Tomita 2020, p. 54.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Umenoya Wakaki: Benten no/ yôraku to minu/ Saohime no/ yanagi no kami ni/ musubu shira tsuyu
Poem by Makinoya Naritsura: Benten no/ yukari no iro ni/ kasumu hi ya/ biwa mo kakayuru/ Fuji no yamahime
Poem by Makinoya Naritsura: Benten no/ yukari no iro ni/ kasumu hi ya/ biwa mo kakayuru/ Fuji no yamahime
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)