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和歌三神 「住吉」
The God of Sumiyoshi, from an untitled series of the Three Gods of Japanese Poetry (Waka sanjin)
和歌三神 「住吉」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.6 x 18 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19840
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Surimono (2013), #335; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #176
DescriptionThe complete series, forming a triptych: 11.19838 (R), 11.19839 (C), 11.19840 (L)
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Hokkei
InscriptionsPoem by Shun'yûtei Umeaki
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.