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「空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内」 弁慶と唐美人の首引き
Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty, from the series Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyû awase sanban no uchi)
「空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内」 弁慶と唐美人の首引き
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820 (Bunsei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.8 x 19.1 cm (8 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20416
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dai Hokusai ten (1993), p. 192, surimono #94; Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 110, pl. 26
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1984, p. 74.
Signed
Hokusai Taito aratame Katsushika Iitsu hitsu
北斎戴斗改葛飾為一筆
北斎戴斗改葛飾為一筆
InscriptionsPoem by Komichi: Yôyô to/ kesa wa kasumi o/ hikiaite/ asobu yô naru/ haru no yamayama
Poem by Kihô: Harugasumi/ tatsu ni naraite/ onozukara/ hippari no yoki/ uguisu no koe
Poem by Magara: Haru kureba/ ezo ka chishima no/ hoka made mo/ nioeru ume ya/ naoki isaoshi
Poem by Maeda: Tatsu haru no/ iro o kisoite/ hatsugasumi/ hikiau sama ya/ unebi miminashi
Poem by Kihô: Harugasumi/ tatsu ni naraite/ onozukara/ hippari no yoki/ uguisu no koe
Poem by Magara: Haru kureba/ ezo ka chishima no/ hoka made mo/ nioeru ume ya/ naoki isaoshi
Poem by Maeda: Tatsu haru no/ iro o kisoite/ hatsugasumi/ hikiau sama ya/ unebi miminashi
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.