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「宝合 右一番 玉の枝」
Right Team, Round One: Jeweled Branch (Migi ichiban, tama no eda), from the series Contest of Treasures (Takara awase)
「宝合 右一番 玉の枝」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 17.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20607
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 207; another print in the series: Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #118
Signed
Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓
葵岡北渓
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.