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「薫物合 夏衣」
Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)
「薫物合 夏衣」
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; 21.1 x 18.3 cm (8 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20728
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), #241
DescriptionFrom a series based on the names of types of incense, made for the Shakuyakutei circle.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 365.
Key block print (possibly a Meiji reprint from the original blocks), one of 12 in handscroll format: 11.25820
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 365.
Key block print (possibly a Meiji reprint from the original blocks), one of 12 in handscroll format: 11.25820
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu
二世柳川重信
二世柳川重信
Marks
Artist's seal: Yanagawa (?)
InscriptionsPoem by Goshintei San'en: Yu-agari no/ chôjiguruma no/ tenugui ni/ ume ga ka soichi/ haru no yûkaze
Poem by Waseda Mitsumaru: Yu-ami shite/ ideru otome mo/ ume ga ka no/ kayou koromo wa/ furuwasarikeri
Poem by Rikkaen: Utsukushiki/ imo ga hadae no/ yukatabira/ hana ni kakareru/ kasumi narikeri
Poem by Waseda Mitsumaru: Yu-ami shite/ ideru otome mo/ ume ga ka no/ kayou koromo wa/ furuwasarikeri
Poem by Rikkaen: Utsukushiki/ imo ga hadae no/ yukatabira/ hana ni kakareru/ kasumi narikeri
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.