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「塩竜図」
The Salt Dragon (En'ryû zu)
「塩竜図」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alcains & Tomita, Felicitationes Japonesas (2020), pp. 70-1; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 137
DescriptionPresumably made for a Year of the Dragon, such as 1820 or 1832.
Poem translated in Polster & Marks 1980, p. 133; Spanish translation in Alcains & Tomita 2020, p. 70.
Poem translated in Polster & Marks 1980, p. 133; Spanish translation in Alcains & Tomita 2020, p. 70.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Ganjotei Hakuyo
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.