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絵馬から逃げる馬
Painted Horse Escaping from Ema
絵馬から逃げる馬
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1834
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.3 x 18.1 cm (8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25469
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #131
DescriptionPoem translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 253.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Kaien: Haru no tatsu/ midori no sora wa/ wakagoma no/ asari arikan/ nobe no iro kana
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.