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「水滸五行 木 魯智深」
Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series Shuihuzhuan Heroes for the Five Elements (Suiko gogyô)
「水滸五行 木 魯智深」
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 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20591
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #115 (orig. and copies); McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints (Schoff Coll. cat., 2006), #57; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #55; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #248
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20591, 21.9283
Spring kyôka surimono for the Hanazono Group.
Poem translated in King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), p. 214; McKee 2006, p. 161; and Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 201; Spanish translation in Alcains & Tomita, Felicitationes Japonesas (2020), p. 80.
Spring kyôka surimono for the Hanazono Group.
Poem translated in King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), p. 214; McKee 2006, p. 161; and Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 201; Spanish translation in Alcains & Tomita, Felicitationes Japonesas (2020), p. 80.
Signed
Go Hokkei
呉北渓
呉北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûtoen Baikai: Kaoshô ga/ hikinuku ude no/ kobu yanagi/ kaze no chikara mo/ oyobazarikeri
花和尚か 引ぬく腕の 瘤柳 風のちからも 及ハさりけり 竜都園梅海
花和尚か 引ぬく腕の 瘤柳 風のちからも 及ハさりけり 竜都園梅海
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.