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Taira no Tadanori, from the series Warriors as Six Poetic Immortals (Buke Rokkasen)


「武家六歌仙 平忠度」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.3 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20497
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #s 105, 106; King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #119; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #77
Signed Gakutei hitsu
岳亭筆
InscriptionsPoem by Yamato Watamori (1795-1849): Kumo yuki no/ arasoi yamete/ mononou no/ sakura ni nokosu/ mizukuki no ato
雲雪の あらそひやめて ものゝふの さくらにのこす 水くきのあと  倭和多守
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.