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Minamoto no Yoritomo, from the series Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijûshishô)


「葛飾廿四将 源頼朝」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.2 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25842
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #29, and p. 116, #18 (article on the series by Kok); another print in the series: Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #39
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 155.
Signed Gakutei
岳亭
Marks Artist's seal: Sadaoka
InscriptionsPoem by Renpûsha Takichika, Sunpu (Shizuoka area): Nodoka naru/ kasumi no ito ya/ nuitatete/ tsuru no kegoromo/ ikuyo kinuran

Poem by Bôgetsurô Komahiko: Fuji ga ne no/ kasumeru sora ni/ chiyotsuru no/ itadaki akaki/ hatsuhi mabayuki

Poem by Shôkeisha Chiyohiko: Maizuru no/ kogane no fuda mo/ hirahira to/ hikari nodokeki/ hatsuharu no sora
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.