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Sôjô Henjô, from the series Fashionable Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû Rokkasen)


「風流六哥仙 僧正遍照」
Morino Sôgyoku (Japanese, active about 1764–1772)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 20 x 15.8 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20109
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Mori Sô, with "ga" written above
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 165): Hachisuba no/ nigori ni shimanu/ kokoro mote/ nani ka wa tsuyu o/ tama to azamuku
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.