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「祇園神輿洗 ねりもの姿 いせ物語 しのぶ ならや つるか 付添 妙八（みょうはち） かめ」
Tsuruka of the Naraya and attendant Kame of Myôhachi, depicting the Shinobuyama chapter of The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari Shinobu), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
「祇園神輿洗 ねりもの姿 いせ物語 しのぶ ならや つるか 付添 妙八（みょうはち） かめ」
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.2 x 15.5 cm (13 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26512
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 123; Ujlaki and Nakade, "Gion nerimono prints revisited: The list," Andon 75 (2003), GN 1813-7, photo p. 32
Description京の祇園祭の行事の一つで、芸妓たちが仮装する練物（ねりもの）を描いたシリーズ。『伊勢物語（いせものがたり）』15段「しのぶ山」の田舎の平凡な男の美しい妻に扮した奈良屋（ならや）のつるかと付添いの舞子かめ。妙八は置屋（おきや）の名前か？ -- 田辺 昌子Ｋ
Signed
Nagahide ga
長秀画
長秀画
Marks
Publishers' marks: Yamasa han, Shimawa han
画家の印章: なし
版元: 山佐 島和
改印: なし
画家の印章: なし
版元: 山佐 島和
改印: なし
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.