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「誹風柳多留 腰帯をしめると腰は生きてくる」
Preparing to Go Out, from the series Humorous Poems of the Willow (Haifû yanagidaru)
「誹風柳多留 腰帯をしめると腰は生きてくる」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.7 x 19.5 cm (10 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19418
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #186-2 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #236.2, pl. 134; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #723, pl. XXXVII
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19418, 21.5496
The series title refers to a collection of humorous poems issued annually from 1765 on by Karai Senryû (1719-1790) and his followers.
The 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
InscriptionsPoem: Koshi obi o/ shimeru to koshi wa/ ikite kuru
腰帯をしめると腰は生きてくる
腰帯をしめると腰は生きてくる
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.