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「かつしか五番 春のあけほの染 早蕨」
Bracken Fern Sprouts (Sawarabi), from the series A Set of Five Designs for the Katsushika Group: Textiles Dyed the Colors of Spring Dawn (Katsushika goban haru no akebono-zome)
「かつしか五番 春のあけほの染 早蕨」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.6 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19860
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), pp. 134-5 (complete set); Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #75
DescriptionPoems translated in Goodall 2015, p. 137.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Haichôme: Senkaya e/ mare hito kimasu/ ureshisa yo/ hiku te amata no/ warahi toru koro
Poem by Monmonsha: Murasaki no/ mizuki watachishi/ norisome ni/ sawarai no te mo/ sorou robyôshi
賤か家へ まれ人来ます うれしさよ ひく手あまたの ワらひとるころ 盃長女
むらさきの 水きわたちし のりそめに さわらひの手も そろふ艪拍子 文々舎
Poem by Monmonsha: Murasaki no/ mizuki watachishi/ norisome ni/ sawarai no te mo/ sorou robyôshi
賤か家へ まれ人来ます うれしさよ ひく手あまたの ワらひとるころ 盃長女
むらさきの 水きわたちし のりそめに さわらひの手も そろふ艪拍子 文々舎
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.