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「花鳥風月」 風、遊女
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Wind: A Courtesan, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)
「花鳥風月」 風、遊女
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 28 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20652
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #85; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #196; Mirviss, Masterpieces of the Art of Surimono (2003), no.19; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #28; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #815
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1940, *11.20652 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 178; and Carpenter et al 2008, p. 313.
Poem translated in McKee 2008, p. 178; and Carpenter et al 2008, p. 313.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûôtei Kaen Kochô: Kayoi kuru/ kaze ni makasu mo/ makasenu no/ sugata sunao na/ aoyagi no eda
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.