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「薫物合 黒方」
Blackness (Kurobô), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)
「薫物合 黒方」
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 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20729
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #17; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #242; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 353
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, and McKee 2008, p. 50.
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 365, and McKee 2008, p. 50.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu
二世柳川重信
二世柳川重信
Marks
Artist's seal: Yanagawa (?)
InscriptionsPoem by Chôkintei Aoki: Umezono no/ kata yori soyo to/ kayou kaze/ oboroge naranu/ haru no soradaki
Poem by Shinryûtei Harukaze: Kujira obi/ kuroki kata yori/ harukaze no/ ka o sasoi kuru/ oridashi no ume
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Ume ga ka wa/ ikade kakuren/ kuro kosode/ fusego ni kakeshi/ haru no yoiyami
Poem by Shinryûtei Harukaze: Kujira obi/ kuroki kata yori/ harukaze no/ ka o sasoi kuru/ oridashi no ume
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Ume ga ka wa/ ikade kakuren/ kuro kosode/ fusego ni kakeshi/ haru no yoiyami
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.