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「水滸五行 水 張順」
Water: Zhang Shun (Sui, Chôjun), from the series Shuihuzhuan Heroes for the Five Elements (Suiko gogyô)
「水滸五行 水 張順」
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 Number11.20585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Surimono (2013), #328; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #123; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #194; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 145
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 246.
Signed
Go Hokkei
呉北渓
呉北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Karabito o/ taguete iwaba/ niodori no/ okinagashi chô/ Yamato koto-no-ha
Poem by Garyôen: Ichi-gei to/ tare ka mizaran/ yama-kawa no/ hayase o noboru/ haru no waka-ayu
Poem by Garyôen: Ichi-gei to/ tare ka mizaran/ yama-kawa no/ hayase o noboru/ haru no waka-ayu
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.