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「梨壷五歌仙 伊勢大輔」
Poem by Ise no Ôsuke, from the series Five Poetic Immortals of the Pear-blossom Courtyard (Nashitsubo gokasen)
「梨壷五歌仙 伊勢大輔」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26.3 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21935
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-91
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21935, 11.43038
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: Inishie no/ Nara no miyako no/ yaezakura/ kyô kokonoe ni/ nioinuru ka na
「いにしゑのならの都の八重桜けふ九重に匂ひぬる哉」
「いにしゑのならの都の八重桜けふ九重に匂ひぬる哉」
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.