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葛飾連名数十番 「盤古氏」
Pangu (Banko shi), from the series A Set of Ten Famous Numerals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisû jûban)]
葛飾連名数十番 「盤古氏」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.5 x 19 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20476
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #146; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #65 (with series title); Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #229 (no series title)
DescriptionThe series title appears on other impressions of the print (e.g. Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #145).
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
Marks
Artist's seal: Sadaoka
InscriptionsPoem by Bunkutei Kagezumi of Matsumaru in Kazusa Province: Konton to/ shite hi no kage mo/ umareken/ hanko ni hibiku/ hatsutori no koe
こんとんとして日のかけも生まれけん はんこにひらく初とりの声 上総松丸 文寿亭影住
Poem by Bunbunsha: Yo no naka no/ hana yori saki ni/ hirakeishi o/ hitori hohoemu/ haru no akebono
世の中の花よりさきにひらけしを ひとりほゝゑむはるのあけほの 文々舎
こんとんとして日のかけも生まれけん はんこにひらく初とりの声 上総松丸 文寿亭影住
Poem by Bunbunsha: Yo no naka no/ hana yori saki ni/ hirakeishi o/ hitori hohoemu/ haru no akebono
世の中の花よりさきにひらけしを ひとりほゝゑむはるのあけほの 文々舎
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.