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五常 「信」 石山寺の紫式部
Lady Murasaki at Ishiyama-dera: Faith (Shin), from an untitled series of Five Virtues (Go jô)
五常 「信」 石山寺の紫式部
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19220
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #451; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #228.4, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 512
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
InscriptionsPoem: Hi o shirite/ zen o michibiku/ kokoro koso/ makoto no shin to/ iubekarikeri
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.