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中判花鳥 「藤 鶺鴒」
Wisteria and Wagtail (Fuji, sekirei), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「藤 鶺鴒」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.3 x 18.5 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20404
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #93; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #375; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #130; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.03
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20404 (no seals; 3rd edition?), 21.10219 (1st edition)
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. 2002, p. 314; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 177.
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. 2002, p. 314; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 177.
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
InscriptionsChinese poem by Qian Qi (about 722-780)
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.