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「梨壷五歌仙 清少納言」
Poem by Sei Shônagon, from the series Five Poetic Immortals of the Pear-blossom Courtyard (Nashitsubo gokasen)
「梨壷五歌仙 清少納言」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21932
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-91, photo p. 162
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21932 (first edition), 11.43036 (first edition), 11.43037 (later edition with different head)
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Yo o komete/ tori no sorane wa/ hakaru to mo/ yo ni ausaka no/ seki wa yurusaji
「夜をこめて鳥のそらねははかるとも世にあふさかの関はゆるさじ」
「夜をこめて鳥のそらねははかるとも世にあふさかの関はゆるさじ」
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.