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「宝合 右二番 小烏丸」
Right Team, Round Two: The Sword Little Crow (Migi niban, Kogarasumaru), from the series Contest of Treasures (Takara awase)
「宝合 右二番 小烏丸」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #117
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20606 (full color), 11.25466 (key block, without poems)
Signed
Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓
葵岡北渓
InscriptionsPoem by Ittai no Kimame: Kashimashiku/ odori idasu mo/ kami isame/ haru no hinode no/ karasu-mantô
Poem by Shôsai Kakuô: Hatsu hinode/ karasu-mantô/ kazukeru wa/ sate mo yoi ko no/ haru no nigiwai
Poem by Kameya Kamemaru: Osanago no/ mamori no suzu o/ furi-tatete/ odoru kashima no/ kami no yo no haru
Poem by Shôsai Kakuô: Hatsu hinode/ karasu-mantô/ kazukeru wa/ sate mo yoi ko no/ haru no nigiwai
Poem by Kameya Kamemaru: Osanago no/ mamori no suzu o/ furi-tatete/ odoru kashima no/ kami no yo no haru
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.