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「六玉川内 伊出玉川 てうじや内 唐歌 つまき うたき」
The Ide Jewel River (Ide no Tamagawa): Karauta of the Chôjiya, kamuro Tsumaki and Utagi, from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa uchi)
「六玉川内 伊出玉川 てうじや内 唐歌 つまき うたき」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–13 (Bunka 6–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26.9 cm (15 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17745
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, The Ôjaku Collection (2022), #118; the series: Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #280 (this design not listed); another print from the series: cat. no. 186
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Koma tomete/ nao mizu kawan/ yamabuki no/ hana no tsuyu sou/ Ide no Tamagawa
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.