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「久かた屋 仲の町の五 書初の 玉屋内 ひと筆」
Hitofude of the Tamaya on her Way to the First Writing of the New Year (Kakizome no Tamaya Hitofude), No. 5 from the series Views of Naka-no-chô for the Hisakataya Club (Hisakataya Naka-no-chô no go)
「久かた屋 仲の町の五 書初の 玉屋内 ひと筆」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban, sheet 5 of pentaptych; 21 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19876
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #89; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of J. Printmaking (2000), #70; Mirviss, Frank L. Wright Coll. of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 7(5); Rijksmus. cat. III, Hokusai & School (1982), #242a-e
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.19874 (R), 11.19876 (L), 11.19877 (C), 11.19878 (CL), 11.19879 (CR)
One poem from each sheet is translated in Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), pp. 116-7.
The poems for sheets no. 4 (11.19878) and 5 (11.19876) are translated in full in Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), pp. 129-32.
One poem from each sheet is translated in Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), pp. 116-7.
The poems for sheets no. 4 (11.19878) and 5 (11.19876) are translated in full in Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), pp. 129-32.
Signed
Gakutei Sadaoka
岳亭定岡
岳亭定岡
InscriptionsPoem by Minokame Osamaru: Hatsukai no/ mama itsuzuke o/ shikai nami/ Shizuka Tamaya no/ yoru no harusame
Poem by Hisakataya: Nakanomachi/ kyaku no atama o/ hitofude ni/ yoku kakisome no/ Tamaya miruran
初買の 儘ゐつゝけを 四海浪 しつか玉やの 夜の春雨 簑亀尾佐丸
仲の町 客のあたまを 一筆に よくかきそめの 玉やミゆらん 久かた屋
Poem by Hisakataya: Nakanomachi/ kyaku no atama o/ hitofude ni/ yoku kakisome no/ Tamaya miruran
初買の 儘ゐつゝけを 四海浪 しつか玉やの 夜の春雨 簑亀尾佐丸
仲の町 客のあたまを 一筆に よくかきそめの 玉やミゆらん 久かた屋
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.