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竜と戦う大禹
Yu the Great (King Yu of the Xia Dynasty) Fights a Flood Dragon
竜と戦う大禹
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1820s
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
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #96
DescriptionPossibly made for a Year of the Dragon, such as 1820 or 1832.
Poems translated in McKee 2008, p. 194.
Poems translated in McKee 2008, p. 194.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Shôgekkyo Chiyoen: Ume ga ka no/ U-ô ga na o mo/ kaorasete/ kochi fuku haru no/ tatsu ni zo arikeri
Poem by Gekkatei: Namikaze wo/ osameshi ume ga/ ka no U-ô/ niohi mo tatsu no/ haru wa kinikeri
Poem by Gekkatei: Namikaze wo/ osameshi ume ga/ ka no U-ô/ niohi mo tatsu no/ haru wa kinikeri
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.