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江の島の弁財天と北条時政
The Goddess Benzaiten Appears to Hôjô Tokimasa at Enoshima
江の島の弁財天と北条時政
Aoigaoka Keisei (Japanese, active 1820s–1830s)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.8 x 17.4 cm (8 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Surimono (2013), #350 (bottom sheet only); Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #266; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #197 (bottom sheet only)
DescriptionThe top sheet of an incomplete upright diptych showing the goddess appearing to Hôjô Tokimasa.
MFA impressions: 11.20069VR (11.20069, 11.20644); 53.2730 (top sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.20069VR (11.20069, 11.20644); 53.2730 (top sheet only)
Signed
Keisei
渓栖
渓栖
Inscriptionsさし汐にはつ日のかけや生れ出ん ミこもりしたる春の江のしま 朧月庵梅影
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)