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不忍ヶ池の前に橋に立つ美人
Woman Standing on a Bridge by Shinobazu Pond
不忍ヶ池の前に橋に立つ美人
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.1 x 17.9 cm (8 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19829
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #153
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 183. Keyes suggests the date of 1833, a Year of the Snake, because the shrine on the island in Shinobazu Pond is dedicated to the goddeess Benzaiten, who is associated with smakes.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Tôjuen Kiyogaki: Sasoikite/ kaoreru kaze mo/ atatakashi/ yama futokoro ni/ komeshi ume ga ka
Poem by Yayoian: Utsukushi to/ mireba keshiki mo/ soroikeri/ haru o mukai ga/ oka no hanadori
Poem by Yayoian: Utsukushi to/ mireba keshiki mo/ soroikeri/ haru o mukai ga/ oka no hanadori
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.