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「弘化三年丙午ノ春興」 「塞翁之馬」
New Year of the Fire Horse, 1846 (Kôka sannen hinoe uma no shunkô [=shunkyô?]): Woman Looking at a Painting of Old Mr. Sai's Horse (Saiô no uma)
「弘化三年丙午ノ春興」 「塞翁之馬」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
1846 (Kôka 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.2 x 16.4 cm (4 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22926
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe proverbial Chinese story of "Old Mr. Sai's Horse" implies that you can never know for sure whether events will have good or bad results in the long run.
Signed
Eisen ga
英泉画
英泉画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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.