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中判花鳥 「文鳥 辛夷花」
Java Sparrow on Magnolia (Bunchô, kobushi no hana), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「文鳥 辛夷花」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25142
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #92; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #85; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #374; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #97; UUkiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.06
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20436 (2nd ed.), 11.25142 (1st ed.), 21.10220 (1st ed.)
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 176.
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 176.
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsChinese poem by the literati painter Chen Shun (1483-1544)
「東風日夜発 桃李不禁吹 検点濃華事 辛夷落較遅 陳淳」
「東風日夜発 桃李不禁吹 検点濃華事 辛夷落較遅 陳淳」
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.