Dog Playing with Temari Ball, Calendar for 1814

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.1839
People: Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
Title: Dog Playing with Temari Ball, Calendar for 1814
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print, surimono
Date: 1814
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/207540

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 19.9 x 17.6 cm (7 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Inscription on the top left corner of the print reads: "shōjoshi ni tenareshi mari no iukoto o yoku kiku marui me no hatsu haru" "少女子に　てなれし毬の　いふことを　よくきく　まるいのめ初春"
signature: Signature on the bottom left reads: "Aigaoka Hokkei"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year: 1933
Object Number: 1933.4.1839
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Characters for the long months visible in plant pot.

Publication History

Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 145

Verification Level

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