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鯉
Carp and Seaweed
鯉
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.5 x 18.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20596
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #33; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #766
DescriptionPoems translated in Mirviss w/ Carpenter 2000, p. 80.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
Marks
Artist's seal: Kyôsai
InscriptionsPoem by Mukyokutô Kurazumi: Senkin no/ haru no shirushi wa/ koban hodo/ yoko ni suji o zo/ hiku haru-gasumi
Poem by Ichiensô: Ichi sekai/ tsutsumu kasumi no/ kinu saifu/ koya senkin no/ haru no iremono
千金の 春のしるしハ 小判ほと よこに筋をそ ひくはる霞 無極楼倉積
一世界 つゝむかすミの きぬ財布 こや千金の 春のいれもの 一円窓
Poem by Ichiensô: Ichi sekai/ tsutsumu kasumi no/ kinu saifu/ koya senkin no/ haru no iremono
千金の 春のしるしハ 小判ほと よこに筋をそ ひくはる霞 無極楼倉積
一世界 つゝむかすミの きぬ財布 こや千金の 春のいれもの 一円窓
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.