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植木の梅を見る遊女
Courtesan Viewing a Potted Plum Tree
植木の梅を見る遊女
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 Number11.20598
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #115
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 238.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Jômitei Hinamochi: Jô minoru/ kado no yanagi ni/ manekarete/ toshi tachi-kaeru/ haru no akebono
Poem by Honmenya Wakako: Aigyô wa/ koboruru bakari/ kono hana no/ sode ni kasumi no/ ume niou sato
Poem by Yayoian Hinamaru: Ukedashite/ te-ike no hana to/ shitemitashi/ hoka ni nagame no/ aranu umegae
Poem by Honmenya Wakako: Aigyô wa/ koboruru bakari/ kono hana no/ sode ni kasumi no/ ume niou sato
Poem by Yayoian Hinamaru: Ukedashite/ te-ike no hana to/ shitemitashi/ hoka ni nagame no/ aranu umegae
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.