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Shinozuka Iga no Kami Uprooting Bamboo, from the series Warriors Compared to Pine, Bamboo, and Plum (Musha shôchikubai ban tsuzuki)


「武者松竹梅番続」 篠塚伊賀守
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828–29 (Bunsei 11–12)

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 Number11.20586
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mirviss The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 24
DescriptionThe complete set of three: 11.20586-11.20588.
Signed Hokkei
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Kagendô Tsugiho: Musa amata/ aru ga naka ni mo/ Shinozuka wa/ hikinuku take no/ yoyo ni nadakashi
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.