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「蒙求 毛宝」
Mao Bao (Môhô), from the series Meng Qiu (Môgyû)
「蒙求 毛宝」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820 (Bunsei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20 x 18 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21071
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 114; other prints in the series: Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #s 39 and 104
DescriptionFrom a series of figures from Chinese history. Mao Bao, a Chinese general of the 4th century C.E., was said to have been saved from drowning by a white turtle that he himself had rescued twenty years earlier.
Signed
Hokkei
Marks
Artist's seal; Hokkei
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.