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「扇合三番内 左舞扇 右張扇」
Left Side: Dance Fan, Right Side: Imitation Fan (Hidari mai-ôgi, migi hari-ôgi), from the series Comparisons of Fans, a Triptych (Ôgi awase sanban no uchi)
「扇合三番内 左舞扇 右張扇」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.6 x 18.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19895
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #159; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #194
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 313.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
InscriptionsPoem by Kinjuen Futaki: Otomego no/ ito utsukushiki/ kakegoe ya/ tsuzumi no ume ni/ kinaku uguisu
Poem by Kokintei Tôshi: Yawarakaki/ tsubana no tesaki/ uchinabikasete/ harukaze zo fuku
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Kôri sae/ kesa tokesomeshi/ kanze mizu/ ôgi no te ni mo/ sasou harukaze
「琴樹園二喜 少女子のいと美しきかけ声やつゝみの梅に来なく鴬」「虎金亭東之 やはらかきつはなの手先つゝみ草うちなひかせて春風そふく」「芍薬亭 氷さへ今朝とけそめし観世水扇の手にもさそふ春風」
Poem by Kokintei Tôshi: Yawarakaki/ tsubana no tesaki/ uchinabikasete/ harukaze zo fuku
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Kôri sae/ kesa tokesomeshi/ kanze mizu/ ôgi no te ni mo/ sasou harukaze
「琴樹園二喜 少女子のいと美しきかけ声やつゝみの梅に来なく鴬」「虎金亭東之 やはらかきつはなの手先つゝみ草うちなひかせて春風そふく」「芍薬亭 氷さへ今朝とけそめし観世水扇の手にもさそふ春風」
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.