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二階から海を眺める深川芸者
Fukugawa Geisha Viewing the Sea from a Balcony
二階から海を眺める深川芸者
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19828
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #114
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 238.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Tôkôen Hinakame: Benten ni/ ehô mairi wa/ Hachiman no/ kane de naoshi no/ geisha hito-mure
Poem by Yayoian Hinamaru: Kagemise no/ mitate-chigai ka/ aikata no/ Benten-sama ni/ odoru hatsu-kai
Poem by Yayoian Hinamaru: Kagemise no/ mitate-chigai ka/ aikata no/ Benten-sama ni/ odoru hatsu-kai
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.