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「かつしか五番 春のあけほの染 胡蝶」
Butterflies (Kochô), 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 胡蝶」
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; 21.4 x 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19861
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), #74
DescriptionPoems translated in Goodall 2015, pp. 135-7.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Hakujitsuen Ganju: Taoyame ka/ kasashi no chô wa/ yuiwake no/ ume no afura no/ kao ya shitaheru
Poem by Keikyûsha Tadamori: Saohime ka/ yanagi no kami mo/ yûgeshô/ beni sasu sora ni/ chô no oshiroi
Poem by Hakumôsha: Iro asenu/ kasumi no kinu no/ murasaki ni/ haru no moyô ya/ chô no surihaku
たおやめか かさしの蝶は 結わけの 梅のあふらの かをやしたへる 向日園岩主
佐保姫か 柳のかミも 夕化粧 紅さすそらに 蝶のおしろい 鶏鳴舎忠守
色あせぬ かすミのきぬの むらさきに 春のもやうや 蝶のすり箔 白毛舎
Poem by Keikyûsha Tadamori: Saohime ka/ yanagi no kami mo/ yûgeshô/ beni sasu sora ni/ chô no oshiroi
Poem by Hakumôsha: Iro asenu/ kasumi no kinu no/ murasaki ni/ haru no moyô ya/ chô no surihaku
たおやめか かさしの蝶は 結わけの 梅のあふらの かをやしたへる 向日園岩主
佐保姫か 柳のかミも 夕化粧 紅さすそらに 蝶のおしろい 鶏鳴舎忠守
色あせぬ かすミのきぬの むらさきに 春のもやうや 蝶のすり箔 白毛舎
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.