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「かつしか五番 春のあけほの染 桜花」
Cherry Blossom (Sakurabana), 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 桜花」
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; 21.1 x 18.5 cm (8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19855
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alcains & Tomita, Felicitationes Japonesas (2020), pp. 62-3; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono(2008), #64; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #73; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #253
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 189; Spanish translation in Alcains & Tomita 2020, p. 62.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Bunshôsha Ashichika: Haru moya ya/ kasumi no ito o/ hikihaete/ kuchibiru hiraku/ hana no utaime
Poem by Bunbunsha: Utaime no/ kizome mo hana no/ Nihonbashi/ Edozuma medatsu/ haru no nenrei
春もやゝ かすミのいとを ひきはえて くちひるひらく 花のうたひ女 文照舎芦近
うたひ女の 着そめも 花の日本ばし 江戸つまめたつ 春の年礼 文々舎
Poem by Bunbunsha: Utaime no/ kizome mo hana no/ Nihonbashi/ Edozuma medatsu/ haru no nenrei
春もやゝ かすミのいとを ひきはえて くちひるひらく 花のうたひ女 文照舎芦近
うたひ女の 着そめも 花の日本ばし 江戸つまめたつ 春の年礼 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.