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「誹風柳多留 うつつにも団扇のうごく蠅きらひ」
Woman Who Dislikes Flies, from the series Humorous Poems of the Willow (Haifû yanagidaru)
「誹風柳多留 うつつにも団扇のうごく蠅きらひ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19387
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #197-1 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #251.1; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #899, pl. XLIII
DescriptionThe series title refers to a collection of humorous poems issued annually from 1765 on by Karai Senryû (1719-1790) and his followers.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Utsutsu ni mo/ uchiwa no ugoku/ hae-girai
うつつにも団扇のうごく蠅きらひ
うつつにも団扇のうごく蠅きらひ
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.