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「薫物合 菊の露」
Chrysanthemum Dew (Kiku no tsuyu), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)
「薫物合 菊の露」
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 18.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #221; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #244
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 Kagami no Yamamori: Haru kureba/ ki mo wakayaginu/ kumu sake wa/ iku kusuri zo to/ kiku no shita-tsuyu
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Newake nasu/ haru mo taesenu/ kiku no tsuyu/ nanatsu ume yori/ ka wa masarikeri
Poem by Shakuyakutei: Newake nasu/ haru mo taesenu/ kiku no tsuyu/ nanatsu ume yori/ ka wa masarikeri
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.