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Poem by Shiseki, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fûryû goshiki-zumi)


「風流五色墨 咫尺」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, with sections cut out and backed with textiles
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19532
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 220, #T-9?
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
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.