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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Poem by Ôe no Chisato, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)


「百人一首之内 大江千里」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ehiko (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 23.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1777
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #96; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S19.23
DescriptionNo. 23 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1777 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.16029, 11.36559
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Tsuki mireba/ chiji ni mono koso/ anashikere/ wagami hitotsu no/ ki ni wa aranedo
月みれば ちぢにものこそ かなしけれ わが身ひとつの 秋にはあらねど
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross