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「春磐戸 其四」
No. 4 (Sono yon): Ama no Tajikara no Mikoto, from the series The Cave Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)
「春磐戸 其四」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19835
OUT ON LOAN
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
McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints (Schoff Coll. cat., 2006), #55; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #45; Rijksmus., The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #63 (complete); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 183 (3 sheets only)
DescriptionPentaptych, "11.19809, 11.19833-6": 11.19809 (CR), 11.19833 (R), 11.19834 (C), 11.19835 (CL), 11.19836 (L)
Poems for this sheet (CL) translated in McKee 2006, p. 157, and in Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), pp. 113-5.
Poems for this sheet (CL) translated in McKee 2006, p. 157, and in Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), pp. 113-5.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Iwa Tamori: Tsukihiboshi/ hikari no tokeki/ uguisu no/ uta no chikara ni/ akuru amanoto
Poem by Dondontei: Ôkagura/ maiko mukadono/ iwatokô/ abura no niou/ otomego no kami
月日星 光のとけき 鶯の 歌の力に あくる天の戸 倭和多守
太神楽 舞こむ門の 岩戸香 油のにほふ をとめ子の髪 鈍々亭
Poem by Dondontei: Ôkagura/ maiko mukadono/ iwatokô/ abura no niou/ otomego no kami
月日星 光のとけき 鶯の 歌の力に あくる天の戸 倭和多守
太神楽 舞こむ門の 岩戸香 油のにほふ をとめ子の髪 鈍々亭
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.