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己羊美人合之内 三方を持つ官女
Court Lady with New Year Decorations, from the series Comparison of Beauties for the Year of the Goat (Tsuchinoto-hitsuji bijin awase no uchi)
己羊美人合之内 三方を持つ官女
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kokonotsugiri; 13.9 x 17.7 cm (5 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25199
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #148; Kobayashi Fumiko, "Poetry Groups," in Carpenter, ed., Hokusai and His Age (2005), p. 162, fig. 3; Dai Hokusai ten (1993), p. 164, surimono #17
DescriptionPoems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 271. Series title on first sheet only.
Signed
Sôri aratame Hokusai ga
宗理改北斎画
宗理改北斎画
InscriptionsPoem by Unryûtei: Saohime no/ sagegami nare ya/ aoyagi no/ nobitaru suso wa/ shoin made hiku
Poem by Chiyoki no Kibinori: Konezumi no/ nezumi yanagi no/ mayu tsukuru/ nobe ni kasumi no/ usu-keshô shitsu
Poem by Manzai no Ôgi: Iro-mekite/ medatsu yanagi no/ kami katachi/ hima naku naderu/ kado no harukaze
Poem by Chiyoki no Kibinori: Konezumi no/ nezumi yanagi no/ mayu tsukuru/ nobe ni kasumi no/ usu-keshô shitsu
Poem by Manzai no Ôgi: Iro-mekite/ medatsu yanagi no/ kami katachi/ hima naku naderu/ kado no harukaze
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.