Advanced Search 
お多福の人形
New Year Decoration and Figurine of Otafuku
お多福の人形
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20 x 18.4 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25456
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #159 (copy)
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 186.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Shunchôan Ki no Shizuhana: Iezuto ni/ tsukuru ofuku no/ aikyô ya/ me mo ito ni shite/ warau kadoyagi
Poem by Yanegaki Haruzumi (?): Kasumio no/ binzura medete/ saohime mo/ tsukuru yanagi no/ mayudama no haru
Poem by Yanegaki Haruzumi (?): Kasumio no/ binzura medete/ saohime mo/ tsukuru yanagi no/ mayudama no haru
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.