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Sôjô Henjô, from the series Precious Children Imitating the Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû kodakara Rokkasen)


「風流子宝六歌仙 僧正遍照」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.4 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17782
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #87; Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #172.3 (no photo), other prints in the series: cat. nos. 273-5
Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Na ni medete/ oreru bakari zo/ ominaeshi/ ware ochiniki to/ hito no kataru na
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.