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長正殿
The Hall of Immortality (Chôseiden)
長正殿
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban, upright diptych; 42.6 x 18 cm (16 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19634
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #129; Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #37; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #138; Egoyomi et surimono (Werner Schindler Bienne Coll. Cat., 1983), cat. no. 104
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19634, 21.10399
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 170.
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 170.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Kagendô Tsugiho: Chôsei no/ kusuri ni toso no/ sakazuki o/ ware nimo atai/ senkin no haru
Poem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Meoto naka/ mutsumajizuki no/ hatsuyume ni/ miru mo medetaki/ kyûden rôkaku
長生の薬にこそのさかつきを 我にも価千金の春 花源洞継穂
夫婦中むつまし月のはつ夢に ミるもめてたき宮殿楼閣 青陽館梅世
Poem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Meoto naka/ mutsumajizuki no/ hatsuyume ni/ miru mo medetaki/ kyûden rôkaku
長生の薬にこそのさかつきを 我にも価千金の春 花源洞継穂
夫婦中むつまし月のはつ夢に ミるもめてたき宮殿楼閣 青陽館梅世
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.