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「三景の内 松島 其一 俊成」 「三景の内 天橋立 其二 小式部内使」 「三景の内 宮島 其三 高房」
The Three Famous Scenic Views (Sankei no uchi): No. 1, Matsushima: Shunzei (R), No. 2, Amanohashidate: Koshikibu no Naishi (C), and No. 3, Miyajima: Takafusa (L)
「三景の内 松島 其一 俊成」 「三景の内 天橋立 其二 小式部内使」 「三景の内 宮島 其三 高房」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban triptych; 20.8 x 53.7 cm (8 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10401-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #57 (C only); Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #s 151-2 (R and C only); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 157 (R and L only)
DescriptionTriptych: 21.10401 (left), 21.10402 (center), 21.10403 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.24692 (left), 11.24693 (right), 11.24694 (center) (photographed separately, no virtual record); 21.10401-3 (photographed together)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 182 (R) and p. 183 (C).
MFA impressions: 11.24692 (left), 11.24693 (right), 11.24694 (center) (photographed separately, no virtual record); 21.10401-3 (photographed together)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 182 (R) and p. 183 (C).
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsRight:
Poem by Shunzei: Tachikaeri/ mata mo kite min/ Matsushima ya/ Ojima no toma ya/ nami ni arasu na
Poem by Hinokien Umeaki: Matsushima no/ matsu to hedate no/ hatsugasumi/ ama ga nareginu/ hosu ka tomo miru
Center:
Poem by Sei Shônagon: Ôeyama/ ikuno no michi no/ tôkereba/ mada fumi mo mizu/ Amanohashidate
Poem by Ômi Hino Chibensha Masumi: Ori koso are/ kasumi watarite/ murasaki no/ ue naki haru no/ hashidate no matsu
「小式部内使 大江山 いくのゝ道の 遠ければ またふみも見す 天のはしたて」
「をりこそあれ 霞わたりて 紫の うへなき春の はし立の松 近江日野 池廼屋真澄」
Poem by Shunzei: Tachikaeri/ mata mo kite min/ Matsushima ya/ Ojima no toma ya/ nami ni arasu na
Poem by Hinokien Umeaki: Matsushima no/ matsu to hedate no/ hatsugasumi/ ama ga nareginu/ hosu ka tomo miru
Center:
Poem by Sei Shônagon: Ôeyama/ ikuno no michi no/ tôkereba/ mada fumi mo mizu/ Amanohashidate
Poem by Ômi Hino Chibensha Masumi: Ori koso are/ kasumi watarite/ murasaki no/ ue naki haru no/ hashidate no matsu
「小式部内使 大江山 いくのゝ道の 遠ければ またふみも見す 天のはしたて」
「をりこそあれ 霞わたりて 紫の うへなき春の はし立の松 近江日野 池廼屋真澄」
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.