Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
Maker
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 (1780-1850
Title
Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Origin: Japan
Dimensions
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Shikishibant: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: 若武者に 負惜みいふ 弁慶も こぶしをにぎる 鷹の初夢
空満屋
Translation: Refusing to admit to the young warrior Benkei clenches his fist just as a hawk appears in a New Year's dream
- Soramitsuya(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono (2008), p. 225)
Signature: 北渓 Hokkei
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
56.039.40 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
worked in Edo, Japan)
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