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「武家六歌仙 鎌倉右大臣」
Kamakura Udaijin, from the series Warriors as Six Poetic Immortals (Buke Rokkasen)
「武家六歌仙 鎌倉右大臣」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #12-A; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #81
DescriptionPoems translated in Ohki w/ Haliburton 2020, p. 61, and Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 113.
Signed
Gakutei
岳亭
岳亭
InscriptionsPoem by Bunchinsha Kanio: Mononofu no/ yanami tsukurô/ kadomatsu ni/ arare komon no/ medatsu kamishimo
Poem by Bunbunsha: Toshi no nada/ koe kishi kesa no/ harukaze ni/ nami no yoru miyu/ noki no aoyagi
Poem by Bunbunsha: Toshi no nada/ koe kishi kesa no/ harukaze ni/ nami no yoru miyu/ noki no aoyagi
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.