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「花鳥風月」 風、遊女
Wind: Courtesan, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)
「花鳥風月」 風、遊女
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1940
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #85; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #196; Mirviss, Masterpieces of the Art of Surimono (2003), no.19; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #28; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #815
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1940, *11.20652 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 178; and Carpenter et al 2008, p. 313.
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 178; and Carpenter et al 2008, p. 313.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûôtei Kaen Kochô: Kayoi kuru/ kaze ni makasu mo/ makasenu no/ sugata sunao na/ aoyagi no eda
「柳鴬亭美(以下かすれ不明)もまかせぬも姿すなをな青柳の枝」
「柳鴬亭美(以下かすれ不明)もまかせぬも姿すなをな青柳の枝」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)