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六歌仙 小野小町
Poem by Ono no Komachi, from an untitled series of the Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)
六歌仙 小野小町
Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Forgery of: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Forgery of: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–71 (Meiwa 7–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 19.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19519
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #594; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 585
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19261, 11.19519
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Komachi: Iro miede/ utsurou mono no/ yo no naka no/ hito no kokoro no/ hana ni zo arikeru
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.