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「江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか」
Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-machi itchôme, kamuro Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-machi itchôme, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)
「江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 25.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14300
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #57; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #127; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #27.2, pl. 121; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 50.1.2; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #33
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14300, 21.6394
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem, by Hachi no Nankô: Shiromuku no/ yuki no uchi yori/ saki-idete/ na mo kôbashiki/ Wakaume no hana
白むくの 雪のうちより 咲いでゝ 名もかうばしき 若梅の花 蜂南江
白むくの 雪のうちより 咲いでゝ 名もかうばしき 若梅の花 蜂南江
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.
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.