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見立三夕 「定家 寂蓮 西行」
Parody of the Three Evening Poems: Teika, Jakuren, and Saigyô
見立三夕 「定家 寂蓮 西行」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1763–64 (Hôreki 13–Meiwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Uncut hosoban triptych on horizontal ôban sheet; 26.8 x 41.4 cm (10 9/16 x 16 5/16 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19703
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #011; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #22; Chiba 2002 (this impression); Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #141; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #85.1-3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 10
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga (on each design)
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoems:
Teika: Miwataseba/ hana mo momiji mo/ nakakeri/ ura no tomaya no/ aki no yûgure
Jakuren: Sabishisa wa/ sono iro to shi mo/ nakarikeri/ maki tatsu yama no/ aki no yûgure
Saigyô: Kokoro naki/ mi ni mo aware wa/ shirarekeri/ shigi tatsu sawa no/ aki no yûgure
定家 みわたせは花も ももぢも なかりけり 浦の とまやの秋の 夕暮
寂連 さびしさは そのいろとしも なかりけり 槙たつ山の 秋の夕くれ
西行 心なきみにも あはれは しられけり 鴫たつ さはの秋の夕暮
Teika: Miwataseba/ hana mo momiji mo/ nakakeri/ ura no tomaya no/ aki no yûgure
Jakuren: Sabishisa wa/ sono iro to shi mo/ nakarikeri/ maki tatsu yama no/ aki no yûgure
Saigyô: Kokoro naki/ mi ni mo aware wa/ shirarekeri/ shigi tatsu sawa no/ aki no yûgure
定家 みわたせは花も ももぢも なかりけり 浦の とまやの秋の 夕暮
寂連 さびしさは そのいろとしも なかりけり 槙たつ山の 秋の夕くれ
西行 心なきみにも あはれは しられけり 鴫たつ さはの秋の夕暮
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.