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鯉
Carp in Water
鯉
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20424
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #260; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #126; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #335
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 2, p. 384.
Signed
Katsushika Taito
葛飾戴斗
葛飾戴斗
InscriptionsPoem by Bunshûrô Tomoyoshi: Sakura saku/ kage mabayushi to/ kazashitaru/ ôgi no fuji mo/ hana no shirayuki
Poem by Bunkarô Kiyomaru: Toki o ete/ sora e mo nobore/ ô to yobu/ hana no shitayuku/ edogawa no koi
Poem by Bunbunsha: Tatsu to naru/ ikioi misete/ Sumidagawa/ utsureru hana no/ kumo ni iru koi
Poem by Bunkarô Kiyomaru: Toki o ete/ sora e mo nobore/ ô to yobu/ hana no shitayuku/ edogawa no koi
Poem by Bunbunsha: Tatsu to naru/ ikioi misete/ Sumidagawa/ utsureru hana no/ kumo ni iru koi
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.