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「五行 木」 梅と琵琶
Wood (Ki): Lute and Plum Blossoms, from the series The Five Elements (Gogyô)
「五行 木」 梅と琵琶
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.3 x 18 cm (8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21073
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #4; Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 15
DescriptionPoems by Goantei Rakuzumi and Sairaikyo.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Goantei Rakuzumi: Ume yanagi/ nueru nishiki no/ fukuru naru/ kasumi ni tsutsumu/ Seizan no biwa
Poem by Sairaikyo: Hatsuyume no/ Fuji wa nukedashi/ sono ato no/ kasumi ni uzumu/ Biwa no mizu'umi
Poem by Sairaikyo: Hatsuyume no/ Fuji wa nukedashi/ sono ato no/ kasumi ni uzumu/ Biwa no mizu'umi
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.