Minamoto no Yoriyoshi Striking a Rock with his Bow and Drawing Water

源頼義

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (Japanese, 1764?–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 19.7 x 18.5 cm (7 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line General Funds

Accession Number00.1959

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Same subject, by Gakutei: Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono(2008), #26

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1959, 11.20761 (different poems)

Commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry group.

Signed Shinsai
辰斎

ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)