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No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)

No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)

(Japanese, active about 1830–60)
1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20731
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Shikôsha Mimihiko, Kashû (Kaga province): Tsuyokaranu/ fude no susabi o/ otomego no/ tehon ni utsusu/ kaze no aoyagi Poem by Chôkintei Aoki: Hatsuyume ni/ mishi omokage ya/ kakizome ni/ hiraku ôgi wa/ Fuji no yamagata Poem by Shakuyakutei: Murasaki no/ Akama suzuri ni/ fude somete/ egaki somuran/ sumire sawarabi
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.