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鴨に芹
Duck, Abalone Shell, and Parsley
鴨に芹
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1805–10 (Bunka 2--7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kokonotsugiri; 13.9 x 19.3 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16798
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobayashi Fumiko, "Kyôka...," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 160 (2010), p. 29, fig. 2; Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 209, #45; Croissant, in Hokusai and His Age (2005), pp. 216-33; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.14
DescriptionPoem translated in Doris Croissant, "Hokusai and Takahashi Yuichi ..." in Carpenter, ed., Hokusai and His Age (2005), p. 220.
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
画狂人北斎画
InscriptionsPoem, by Yukinoya Torikane: Mizutori no/ hikkomu koro wa/ yukige shite/ kishi no ashi o mo/ arau shiranami
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.