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「天保 壬辰」 唐美人
The Lesser Water Dragon Year of the Tenpô Era (Tenpô mizunoe tatsu): Chinese Beauty with Dragon-headed Lute
「天保 壬辰」 唐美人
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19815
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #97
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 196.
Signed
Ôju Hokkei ga
応需北渓画
応需北渓画
InscriptionsPoem by Shio Hibimasu from Biwashima ["Lute Island'] in Owari: Kyô to ieba/ kara no yo no biwa/ hikisomen/ toshi sae tatsu no/ kashira narikeri
Poem by Tatsuya, with Preface: Toshi no hajime yomogi-ga-shima no miyai ni môdete Myôon-in no Otodo hata Yôtaishin no furukoto nado omoi idete....
Poem: Kumomi-yama/ yurugi ya iden/ hikisome no/ taenaru tatsu no/ biwa no neiro ni
Poem by Tatsuya, with Preface: Toshi no hajime yomogi-ga-shima no miyai ni môdete Myôon-in no Otodo hata Yôtaishin no furukoto nado omoi idete....
Poem: Kumomi-yama/ yurugi ya iden/ hikisome no/ taenaru tatsu no/ biwa no neiro ni
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.