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「春磐戸 其二」
No. 2 (Sono ni): Sarutahiko, from the series The Cave Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)
「春磐戸 其二」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.3 x 18.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19809
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
McKee, J. Poetry Prints (Schoff cat., 2006), #54; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of J. Printmaking (2000), #44; Mirviss, Frank Lloyd Wright Coll. (1995), #122; Rijksmus., The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #63; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 183
DescriptionPentaptych, "11.19809, 11.19833-6": 11.19809 (CR), 11.19833 (R), 11.19834 (C), 11.19835 (CL), 11.19836 (L)
Poems for this sheet (CR) translated in McKee 2006, p. 155.
Poems for this sheet (CR) translated in McKee 2006, p. 155.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Saiseitei Nanao: Hanamushiro/ mazu shikishima no/ michi hiraki/ isamashiki ka ya/ ume no shitakaze
Poem by Sekigentei Namio: Chihayaburu/ kamiyo o ima mo/ monogatari/ tari fusoku naki/ tori no ganjitsu
花＿ まつしきしまの みちひらき いさましき香や 梅の下風 祭星亭七雄
千早振 神代を今も 物かたり たりふそくなき 鳥の元日 石原亭濤雄
Poem by Sekigentei Namio: Chihayaburu/ kamiyo o ima mo/ monogatari/ tari fusoku naki/ tori no ganjitsu
花＿ まつしきしまの みちひらき いさましき香や 梅の下風 祭星亭七雄
千早振 神代を今も 物かたり たりふそくなき 鳥の元日 石原亭濤雄
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.