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「花園謡曲番続 江口」
Eguchi, from the series Nô Plays for the Hanazono Club (Hanazono yôkyoku bantsuzuki)
「花園謡曲番続 江口」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820 (Bunsei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.2 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20611
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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
McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints (Schoff Coll. cat., 2006), #42; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #47; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 51
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2006, p. 129; and Mirviss w/ Carpenter 2000, p. 94.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Suikyôtei Baikei: Utsukushiki/ ume o mikakete/ uguisu mo/ kari no yadori o/ tanomu naruran
Poem by Renkidô Kazumasa: Haru no yo no/ kari no yadori ni/ ukareme no/ sugata no yanagi/ koto no ha no hana
Poem by Shunyûtei Baimei: Utsukushi ya/ hana no sugata no/ fugenzô/ asahi no beni no/ niou kuchibiru
美しき 梅をみかけて 鶯も かりの宿りを たのむなるらん 水鏡亭梅景
はるのよの かりの宿りに うかれめの 姿の柳 ことのはの花 連亀堂員益
美しや 花の姿の 普賢像 朝日の紅の にほふ唇 春友亭梅明
Poem by Renkidô Kazumasa: Haru no yo no/ kari no yadori ni/ ukareme no/ sugata no yanagi/ koto no ha no hana
Poem by Shunyûtei Baimei: Utsukushi ya/ hana no sugata no/ fugenzô/ asahi no beni no/ niou kuchibiru
美しき 梅をみかけて 鶯も かりの宿りを たのむなるらん 水鏡亭梅景
はるのよの かりの宿りに うかれめの 姿の柳 ことのはの花 連亀堂員益
美しや 花の姿の 普賢像 朝日の紅の にほふ唇 春友亭梅明
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.