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「つれ／＼草」 「わかき男の月影に色あひさだかならねどつやゝかなる狩衣にこきさしぬき」
A Young Man Wearing a Fine Jacket That Glittered in the Moonlight, Although Its Color Could Not Be Clearly Seen, with Dark Trousers ... (Wakaki otoko no tsukikage ni iro ai sadaka naranedo tsuyayakanaru kariginu ni koki sashinuki), from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
「つれ／＼草」 「わかき男の月影に色あひさだかならねどつやゝかなる狩衣にこきさしぬき」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–2 (Tenpô 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 19.9 x 18 cm (7 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25453
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description(the original text continues) ... accompanied by a small boy, walked through the fields playing a flute.
From section 44 of Tsurezuregusa (a collection of essays by Kenkô, written in the early 1330s).
Commissioned by the Manjiren poetry circle.
いと若き男の、月影に色あひさだかならねど、つややかなる狩衣に、濃き指貫
From section 44 of Tsurezuregusa (a collection of essays by Kenkô, written in the early 1330s).
Commissioned by the Manjiren poetry circle.
いと若き男の、月影に色あひさだかならねど、つややかなる狩衣に、濃き指貫
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
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.