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「薫物合 山人」
Mountain Dweller (Yamabito), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)
「薫物合 山人」
Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20723
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #243; Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #31; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #798
DescriptionFrom a series based on the names of types of incense, made for the Shakuyakutei circle.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 367.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 367.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu
二世柳川重信
二世柳川重信
InscriptionsPoem by Gantôsha Nagafusa, Yorii: Senjokô/ imo ni torasen/ oisezute/ wakagaeritaru/ haru no toshidama
Poem by Chikujuen Shigeyasu: Senjokô/ kewau yomogi ga/ Shimada-mage/ michitose no momo no/ hana no omokage
Poem by Kagenrô: Oboroyo no/ tsuki no kagami ni/ mukaedomo/ itsumo hatachi no/ Fuji no Yamahime
Poem by Chikujuen Shigeyasu: Senjokô/ kewau yomogi ga/ Shimada-mage/ michitose no momo no/ hana no omokage
Poem by Kagenrô: Oboroyo no/ tsuki no kagami ni/ mukaedomo/ itsumo hatachi no/ Fuji no Yamahime
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.