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「庭訓往来 東山蕪」
A Turnip from Higashiyama (Higashiyama kabura), from the series Model Letters for Home Instruction (Teikin ôrai)
「庭訓往来 東山蕪」
Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (Japanese, 1764?–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.3 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20759
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #36; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #284
DescriptionPoems translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 66; and Keyes 1985, vol. 2, p. 333.
Signed
Shinsai
辰斎
辰斎
Marks
Printer's mark: Ryûsai
InscriptionsPoem by Kashakutei Aigaki: Kozo tsumishi/ yuki no furusu no/ uguisuna/ watarite arau/ tanigawa no mizu
Poem by Harunoya Hajime: Uguisu no/ koe haru fukuro/ nuizome ya/ himo mo tôshite/ niou ume ga ka
Poem by Soramitsuya Maeda: Higashiyama/ kabura ya kuishi/ asagoto ni/ ne mo hosokaranu/ niwa no uguisu
Poem by Harunoya Hajime: Uguisu no/ koe haru fukuro/ nuizome ya/ himo mo tôshite/ niou ume ga ka
Poem by Soramitsuya Maeda: Higashiyama/ kabura ya kuishi/ asagoto ni/ ne mo hosokaranu/ niwa no uguisu
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.