Armor and a handscroll painting
Totoya Hokkei, Armor and a handscroll painting, late 1820s, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.705
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- Title
Armor and a handscroll painting
- Related Titles
original language; descriptive: 甲冑に元禄美人絵
- Artist
- Date
late 1820s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; surimono
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 83
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 1/8 in x 7 13/16 in; sheet: 8 9/16 in x 7 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper middle Transliteration (Translation): Fukkeishi Kikunari // Kimigayo o iwaite // ume no hatsuharu ni // hiraku yoroi ya hana no hi-odoshi (The plum celebrates the glorious imperial reign in early spring by blossoms opening up the armor with bright red bindings [by] Fukkeishi Kikunari) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukkeishi Kikunari. Translation from Graybill 2011.
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Fukkien Fumiaki // Katsuiro o misetaru // ume ni otoraji to hiraku // yoroi no kozakura-odoshi (The plum, showing its fighting colors, will not lose out to “cherry” bindings of the armor on display [by] Fukkien Fumiaki) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukkien Fumiaki. Translation from Graybill 2011.
signature: 呉北渓, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration: Go Hokkei Language: Japanese
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Fukuhara Shigesuke // Osamareru miyo no haru ni mo osanae no // gusoku hiraite iwau mononofu (Even in the peaceful reign of this emperor a warrior celebrates spring by bringing out armor to display as an offering [by] Fukuhara Shigesuke) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukuhara Shigesuke. Translation from Graybill 2011.
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.705
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum