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Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku, Edo Period

Maker

  • Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Title

Ushiwakamaru Defeats Benkei in a Game of Sugoroku

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

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

Deep Cuts

May 23 - October 4, 2026

Japanese Surimono Prints

November 28, 1986 - January 25, 1987
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