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「琴棋書画 其三」 書
Calligraphy, No. 3 from the series The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)
「琴棋書画 其三」 書
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
21.1 x 28.3 cm (8 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20500
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), p. 122; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #62
DescriptionPoems translated in Goodall 2015, p. 123.
Signed
Harunobu
春信
春信
Marks
Printer's seal: Nobukane
InscriptionsPoem by Tôroan Shôsai:Torisomuru/ fude ni en'yû/ mono nareba/ fumi konomu ki no/ uta ya kakunan
Poem by Seigadai Jyôhô: Karaguni no/ moji no hajime ka/ Ô-Edo ni/ yoriamari aru/ haru no shimenawa
Poem by Shichijûshiou Sô Sonchiku: Sasakani no/ ito mo medetaki/ haru no fumi/ chirashi kakinaru/ hime uji no kuni
とりそむる 筆にえん有 ものなれハ ふミ好む木の うたや書なん 桃露あん松歳
から国の 文字のはしめか 大江戸に よりあまりある 春のしめ縄 青峨台乗方
さゝかにの いともめてたき 春のふミ さらしかきなる 姫氏の国 七十四翁 窓村竹
Poem by Seigadai Jyôhô: Karaguni no/ moji no hajime ka/ Ô-Edo ni/ yoriamari aru/ haru no shimenawa
Poem by Shichijûshiou Sô Sonchiku: Sasakani no/ ito mo medetaki/ haru no fumi/ chirashi kakinaru/ hime uji no kuni
とりそむる 筆にえん有 ものなれハ ふミ好む木の うたや書なん 桃露あん松歳
から国の 文字のはしめか 大江戸に よりあまりある 春のしめ縄 青峨台乗方
さゝかにの いともめてたき 春のふミ さらしかきなる 姫氏の国 七十四翁 窓村竹
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.