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亀と浦島太郎
Turtles, with inset of Urashima Tarô
亀と浦島太郎
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.3 x 18.4 cm (8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25474
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Surimono (2013), #331; McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #146; Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-57; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #182
DescriptionPoem translated in McKee 2008, p. 278.
Signed
Go Hokkei
呉北渓
呉北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Shikyô: Namima yori/ kasumu Urashima/ Tarô tsuki/ Ryûgû made mo/ haru ya tachiran
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.