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「水滸伝五虎将軍 其一 関勝」
No. 1, Guan Sheng (Kanshô), from the series Five Tiger Generals of the Suikoden (Suikoden goko shôgun)
「水滸伝五虎将軍 其一 関勝」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828 (Bunsei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19856
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #103; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #271 (second state); Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 10(1); Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #245a
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.19856 (right), 11.19857 (center right), 11.19858 (center), 11.19859 (left), 11.20477 (center left)
Poem translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 166.
Poem translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 166.
Signed
Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu
岳亭定岡筆
岳亭定岡筆
InscriptionsPoem by Fukunoya Uchinari: Toshi no seki/ sugurete hayaku/ hatsuharu no/ koeshi o tsuguru/ niwatori no koe
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.