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品名（中）	斗鸡
品名（英）	Gamecocks
入馆年号	1914年，14.76.56
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Katsushika Hokusai【1760 至 1849】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1838
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 21 3/4 × 33 7/16 英寸 (55.3 × 85 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 59 7/16 × 40 3/16 英寸 (151 × 102 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 59 7/16 × 63 3/8 英寸 (151 × 160.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	右边的公鸡与左边的同伴咄咄逼人地对峙，它注视着我们观众，仿佛在问它是否应该参与战斗。在北斋动物画的标志性时尚中，鸟类的表情传达了人类的情感。它们的羽毛经过精心渲染，暗示着豪华的委托。从日本古代开始，猎鸡（日语：shamo）就被专门培育为战斗鸟类。长期以来，专家们一直对这幅画的作者身份争论不休，部分原因是这幅画上的签名过于精致，在与艺术家相关的其他作品中没有看到过类似的签名。艺术家的年龄为七十九岁，作品的日期为1838年第6个月，这是一个完全合理的执行日期。签名上写着"Saki no Hokusai Gakyō Rōjin（原名北斋，对绘画疯狂的老人），中岛五三右卫门藤原饭津。虽然中岛是葛饰北斋的实际（收养）姓氏，但五左卫门不在艺术家使用的名字之列。然而，这里看到的葛饰印章的变体与其他公认的画作相匹配，并表明该作品是在北斋和他的工作室的背景下创作的。无论其生产环境如何，这都是以北斋独特风格创作的鸟类绘画杰作。
介绍（英）	The bantam cock on the right aggressively faces off with his companion to the left as it eyes us, the viewers, as if to ask whether it should engage in battle. In the trademark fashion of Hokusai animal paintings, the expressions of the birds convey humanlike emotions. Their plumage is meticulously rendered, suggesting a deluxe commission. From ancient times in Japan, gamecocks (Japanese: shamo) were specifically bred as fighting birds. There has long been debate among specialists over the authorship of this painting, due in part to the overly elaborate signature on the painting, the likes of which has been seen on no other work associated with the artist. The artist’s age is given as seventy-nine, and the work is dated to the sixth month of 1838, which is an entirely plausible date of execution. The signature reads “Saki no Hokusai Gakyō Rōjin (Formerly Hokusai, the Old Man Mad about Painting), Nakajima Gozaemon Fujiwara Iitsu.” Though Nakajima was Katsushika Hokusai’s actual (adoptive) family name, Gozaemon was not among given names used by the artist. The variant of the Katsushika seal seen here, however, matches that found on other accepted paintings and suggests the work was created in the context of Hokusai and his studio. Whatever the circumstances of its production, this is a masterpiece of avian painting created in the distinctive style of Hokusai.