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源氏物語 澪標
Miotsukushi, from an untitled series of The Tale of Genji
源氏物語 澪標
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Attributed to: Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859)
Attributed to: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Attributed to: Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836–37 (Tenpô 7–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.2 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19814
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), p. 121; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #122; Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-80
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19814, 21.9268
Another print in the series (Hahakigi): 11.25447
Poems translated in Goodall 2015, p. 120.
Other prints in the series: Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #71 (Fujibakama; attr. Takashima Chiharu, 1780-1859 [sic]); Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #93 (Wakamurasaki); Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 268 (Eawase).
Another print in the series (Hahakigi): 11.25447
Poems translated in Goodall 2015, p. 120.
Other prints in the series: Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #71 (Fujibakama; attr. Takashima Chiharu, 1780-1859 [sic]); Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #93 (Wakamurasaki); Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 268 (Eawase).
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
InscriptionsPoem by Rokujuan Fukumaro: Akashi made mo/ kasumi no umi ni/ mioshirushi/ tateru naniwa no/ eni ha fukashi na
Poem by Kichôdô: Uguisu no/ mefu hanagasa yo/ harusame no/ tamino no shima no/ nani hagakure su
明石まても 霞の海に ミをしるし たてるなにはの えにハふかしな 鹿寿庵ふく麿
鶯のめふはな笠よはる雨の 田蓑の嶋の なにはがくれす ＿長堂
Poem by Kichôdô: Uguisu no/ mefu hanagasa yo/ harusame no/ tamino no shima no/ nani hagakure su
明石まても 霞の海に ミをしるし たてるなにはの えにハふかしな 鹿寿庵ふく麿
鶯のめふはな笠よはる雨の 田蓑の嶋の なにはがくれす ＿長堂
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.