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「尚歯会 画像集 月並三会 撰者 臥龍園翁 勧進 花源洞繼穂 花園総連」
Collection of Portraits for the Shôshikai, at the Third Monthly Meeting (?), Selected by Old Man Garyûen, with the Support of Kagendô Tsukihô and the Hanazono Group (Shôshikai gazô shû, tsukinami sankai, sensha Garyûen-ô, kanjin Kagendô Tsukihô, Hanazono sôren)
「尚歯会 画像集 月並三会 撰者 臥龍園翁 勧進 花源洞繼穂 花園総連」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
38.7 x 53.3 cm (15 1/4 x 21 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26695
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe Shôshikai (Gathering of the Elders) was an intellectual discussion group in Edo that met to discuss possible solutions to national problems, including Western methods.
This print shows figures from Japanese history, each with an additional name added; these extra names may be the poetry names of the group members.
The compiler Garyûen Umemaro (dates unknown) was a kyôka poet, a student of Akera Kankô (1740-1800); Kagendô Tsukihô (1805-1872), his son, was also a kyôka poet.
For a loose title page or wrapper that may be associated with this print, see 1997.557.
This print shows figures from Japanese history, each with an additional name added; these extra names may be the poetry names of the group members.
The compiler Garyûen Umemaro (dates unknown) was a kyôka poet, a student of Akera Kankô (1740-1800); Kagendô Tsukihô (1805-1872), his son, was also a kyôka poet.
For a loose title page or wrapper that may be associated with this print, see 1997.557.
Signed
Ôju Hokkei ga
応需北渓画
応需北渓画
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.