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「三景の内 松島 其一 俊成」
The Three Famous Scenic Views (Sankei no uchi): No. 1, Matsushima: Shunzei
「三景の内 松島 其一 俊成」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24963
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #57 (C only); Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #s 151-2 (R and C only); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 157 (R and L only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.24692 (left), 11.24693 (right), 11.24694 (center); no virtual record
MFA impressions: 11.24692 (left), 11.24693 (right), 11.24694 (center) (photographed separately, no virtual record); 21.10401-3 (photographed together)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 182.
MFA impressions: 11.24692 (left), 11.24693 (right), 11.24694 (center) (photographed separately, no virtual record); 21.10401-3 (photographed together)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 182.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsRight:
Poem by Shunzei: Tachikaeri/ mata mo kite min/ matsushima ya/ ojima no toma ya/ nami ni arasu na
Poem by Hinokien Umeaki: Matsushima no/ matsu to hedate no/ hatsugasumi/ ama ga nareginu/ hosu ka tomo miru
Poem by Shunzei: Tachikaeri/ mata mo kite min/ matsushima ya/ ojima no toma ya/ nami ni arasu na
Poem by Hinokien Umeaki: Matsushima no/ matsu to hedate no/ hatsugasumi/ ama ga nareginu/ hosu ka tomo miru
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.