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Futsunushi no Mikoto, from the series Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijûshi shô)


「葛飾廿四将 経津主尊」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21087
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 114, #1 (article on the series by Kok); Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #39
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 83.
Signed Gakutei
岳亭
Marks Artist's seal: Sadaoka
InscriptionsPoem by Hakumôsha Manmori: Chiyo no haru/ iwai no ushi no/ ato tomete/ ume ga katori ni/ niou kami no na

Poem by Bunbunsha: Sasoite wa/ izuko e hakobu/ kamikaze ya/ ume ga ka shima no/ katori watari wa

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.