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中判花鳥 「翡翠 鳶尾草 瞿麦」
Kingfisher with Iris and Wild Pinks (Kawasemi, shaga, nadeshiko), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「翡翠 鳶尾草 瞿麦」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 18.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21696
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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
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #97; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #79; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #371; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #96; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.01
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21696, 21.10221
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 181.
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 181.
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsChinese poem by Cai Yong (132-192)
「回顧生碧色 動揺揚縹青 蔡邕」
「回顧生碧色 動揺揚縹青 蔡邕」
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.