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「宝合 右三番 虎の皮」
Right Team, Round Three: Tigerskin (Migi sanban, Tora no kawa), from the series Contest of Treasures (Takara awase)
「宝合 右三番 虎の皮」
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 Number11.20604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #118
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20604 (full color), 11.25467 (key block, without poems)
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 242.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 242.
Signed
Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓
葵岡北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Rairoen Tsunodaru of Chichibu: Momochidori/ ha o kawashitaru/ nui moyô/ haru no nasake no/ hana no iroginu
Poem by Rakuseian: Kadomatsu no/ tayû wa nanoka/ tachi-kôru/ atogi no kinu no/ nishiki hae ari
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Atai sae/ haru no haregi wa/ koto-kuni no/ ke-ori ni masaru/ tora ga uchikake
Poem by Rakuseian: Kadomatsu no/ tayû wa nanoka/ tachi-kôru/ atogi no kinu no/ nishiki hae ari
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Atai sae/ haru no haregi wa/ koto-kuni no/ ke-ori ni masaru/ tora ga uchikake
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.