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Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series Fashionable Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû Rokkasen)


「風流六哥仙 文屋康秀」
Morino Sôgyoku (Japanese, active about 1764–1772)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical koban (half aiban); 20.8 x 15.6 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Mori Sô, with "ga" written above
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 249, Hyakunin isshu 22): Fuku kara ni/ aki no kusaki no/ shioureba/ mube yamakaze o/ arashi to iuran
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.