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長正殿
The Hall of Immortality (Chôseiden)
長正殿
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban, upright diptych; 42.5 x 18.3 cm (16 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #129; Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #37; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #138; Egoyomi et surimono (Werner Schindler Bienne Coll. Cat., 1983), cat. no. 104
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19634, 21.10399
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 170.
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 170.
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Kagendô Tsugiho: Chôsei no/ kusuri ni toso no/ sakazuki o/ ware nimo atai/ senkin no haru
Poem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Meoto naka/ mutsumajizuki no/ hatsuyume ni/ miru mo medetaki/ kyûden rôkaku
長生の薬にこそのさかつきを 我にも価千金の春 花源洞継穂
夫婦中むつまし月のはつ夢に ミるもめてたき宮殿楼閣 青陽館梅世
Poem by Seiyôkan Umeyo: Meoto naka/ mutsumajizuki no/ hatsuyume ni/ miru mo medetaki/ kyûden rôkaku
長生の薬にこそのさかつきを 我にも価千金の春 花源洞継穂
夫婦中むつまし月のはつ夢に ミるもめてたき宮殿楼閣 青陽館梅世
ProvenanceMay 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.