Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku, Edo Period
Maker
Title
Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Shikishibant: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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
Place
Origin: Japan
Type
Credit
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
56.039.40
Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku
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
Origin: Japan
Exhibition History
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