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初夢三番 茄子 （複製）
Eggplants, from an untitled series of Three Lucky Dreams
初夢三番 茄子 （複製）
After: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.6 x 18.3 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30427
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #76; the original: vol. 1, #137; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #33; Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #24
DescriptionGroup B copy.
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.30427, 17.1453
Poems translated in Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, p. 169.
門おほくけふ年礼のせハしさハ 初夢つけをおくるとし玉 省園竹世
うつくしくかすむあしたもはつゆめの なすの色にハおよはさりけり 三寸亭草美
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.30427, 17.1453
Poems translated in Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, p. 169.
門おほくけふ年礼のせハしさハ 初夢つけをおくるとし玉 省園竹世
うつくしくかすむあしたもはつゆめの なすの色にハおよはさりけり 三寸亭草美
Signed
Hokkei
北渓
北渓
InscriptionsPoems by Suzumeen Takeyo and Sanzuntei Kusami
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.