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「蜀三傑 其二 関羽」
No. 2, Guan Yu (Sono ni, Kan'u), from the series Three Heroes of the State of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)
「蜀三傑 其二 関羽」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20482
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #62; Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-75; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #76
DescriptionPoem translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 188.
Signed
Gakutei Sadaoka byô
岳亭定岡描
岳亭定岡描
InscriptionsPoem by Sanzuntei Kusami: Kankô no/ hige mo utsukushi/ haru no hi no/ nagaku naritaru/ momozono no sake
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.