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「水滸五行 土 林冲」
Earth: Lin Zhong (Do, Rinchû), from the series Shuihuzhuan Heroes for the Five Elements (Suiko gogyô)
「水滸五行 土 林冲」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20584
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints (Schoff Coll. cat., 2006), #58; Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 129; Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 68, pl. 18
DescriptionPoems for this sheet translated in McKee 2006, p. 163; and Keyes 1984, p. 58.
Signed
Go Hokkei
呉北渓
呉北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Takarabune/ haru wa miekeri/ momo no yumi/ ashi no ya hanatsu/ ma mo arazu shite
Poem by Kagendô Tsugiho: Kokoro yuku/ mama ni karauta/ tsukuriete/ sunakabe ni na o/ tori no ashiato
Poem by Kagendô Tsugiho: Kokoro yuku/ mama ni karauta/ tsukuriete/ sunakabe ni na o/ tori no ashiato
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.