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「風流六歌仙 喜撰法師」
Kisen Hôshi, from the series Fashionable Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû Rokkasen)
「風流六歌仙 喜撰法師」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–13 (Bunka 6–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.2 x 38.1 cm (10 5/16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23057
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #268.4 and cat. no. 179
Signed
Eizan hitsu
英山筆
英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 983, Hyakunin isshu 8): Waga io wa/ miyako no tatsumi/ shika zo sumu/ yo o ujiyama to/ hito wa iu nari
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.