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蛸、鯛、鰹 （複製）
Octopus, Sea Bream, and Bonito
蛸、鯛、鰹 （複製）
After: Setsuri (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20 x 17.8 cm (7 7/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26811
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #220; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #261, and List of surimono copies in square format, #131
DescriptionGroup A copy. No surviving original of this design is known. The emblem of the Taiko-gawa group, who presumably commissioned the original, appears in the upper right corner.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al. 2008, p. 343.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al. 2008, p. 343.
Signed
Setsuri
InscriptionsPoem by Wasuitei Sugune: Kazukazu to/ uo yoru nami mo/ urarasa no/ haru ya kasumi no/ ami no hikizome
Poem by Yamato no Watamori: Atarashiki/ haru no hatsuhi no/ irokuzu wa/ kasumi no ami ya/ hikite enuran
Poem by Yamato no Watamori: Atarashiki/ haru no hatsuhi no/ irokuzu wa/ kasumi no ami ya/ hikite enuran
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.