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大黒と鶏
Daikoku Lifting Rice Bales, with Chickens
大黒と鶏
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1825
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.1 x 18.3 cm (8 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 117, pl. 30
DescriptionThe rooster on Daikoku's mallet parodies the motif of a drum with a rooster perched on it (an ancient Chinese symbol of peace because the war drum is never beaten).
Poems translated in Keyes 1984, p. 82.
Poems translated in Keyes 1984, p. 82.
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
InscriptionsPoem by Denkakutei Yoneji: Aragane no/ tsuchi o sasagete/ isamashiku/ chikara kobushi o/ idasu sawarabi
Poem by Yomo no Utagaki Magao: Tsumiagete/ chitose no takasa/ kurabe min/ ne no hi no komatsu/ suginari no yone
Poem by Yomo no Utagaki Magao: Tsumiagete/ chitose no takasa/ kurabe min/ ne no hi no komatsu/ suginari no yone
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)