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初夢三番 茄子 （複製）
Eggplants, from an untitled series of Three Lucky Dreams
初夢三番 茄子 （複製）
After: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.6 x 18.2 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number17.1453
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #76; the original: vol. 1, #137; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #33; Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #24
DescriptionGroup B copy.
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.30427, 17.1453
Poems translated in Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, p. 169.
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.30427, 17.1453
Poems translated in Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, p. 169.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoems by Suzumeen Takeyo and Sanzuntei Kusami