The Goddess Benzaiten Appears to Hôjô Tokimasa at Enoshima
江の島弁財天と北条時政
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4)
Artist Aoigaoka Keisei (Japanese, active 1820s–1830s)
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)
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.8 x 17.4 cm (8 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
53.2730
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
The 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)
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
Signed
Keisei
渓栖
Provenance
1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse