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「一陽連 文房四友 筆 道風」
Brush (Fude): Ono no Tôfû, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk for the Ichiyô Circle (Ichiyôren bunbô shiyû)
「一陽連 文房四友 筆 道風」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25843
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #106; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #88; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #257; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #44
DescriptionPoems translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 172; Bowie et al 1979, p. 84; and Polster & Marks 1980, p. 49.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Yukitei Hanamichi: Aoyagi no/ ito oba kaze ni/ nabikasete/ kawazu no tsura e/ ukeru mizukuki
Poem by Bunsensha: Haru no hi no/ fude no hakobi mo/ yuttari to/ nobite migoto ni/ Kyô no kakizome
Poem by Bunsensha: Haru no hi no/ fude no hakobi mo/ yuttari to/ nobite migoto ni/ Kyô no kakizome
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.