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花和尚魯智深
Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin)
花和尚魯智深
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.7 x 18.7 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25969
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no.150
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
InscriptionsPoem
「松廼屋其成 鴬の初音を遠くきゝ腕に色有る花の春そ勇まし」
「松廼屋其成 鴬の初音を遠くきゝ腕に色有る花の春そ勇まし」
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.