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屏風 源義家、桜に小鳥
Two Panels of a Folding Screen: Minamoto Yoshiie (right side), Bird on Cherry Branch (left side), from a set of six sheets showing a pair of screens
屏風 源義家、桜に小鳥
Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (Japanese, 1764?–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19837
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #272 (complete set of six); Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #s 97-102 (complete); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 335 (4 sheets); Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #29 (this sheet)
DescriptionPoems translated in Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 333; and Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), p. 62.
Signed
(seals only)
Marks
Artist's seals: Shin, Sai
InscriptionsPoem by Misora: Chôkan naru/ haru no kodori no. kyaku miete/ kasumi ni niou/ yamazaskura ka na
Poem by Hisakataya: Akete kesa/ yosun ni kasumi wa/ Michinoku no/ nakoso wa na nomi/ haru wa kinikeri
Poem by Hisakataya: Akete kesa/ yosun ni kasumi wa/ Michinoku no/ nakoso wa na nomi/ haru wa kinikeri
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.