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「祇園神輿はらひ ねりもの姿 神と君の恵みいのらむ鶴と亀 町うば 京や鶴二（つるじ） たかまがはら 同 亀二（かめじ）」
Crane and Turtle Pray for the Favor of Gods and Lords: Tsuruji of the Kyôya as a Town Wetnurse (Machi uba) and Kameji of the same house as a Shrine Priest (Takamagahara), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
「祇園神輿はらひ ねりもの姿 神と君の恵みいのらむ鶴と亀 町うば 京や鶴二（つるじ） たかまがはら 同 亀二（かめじ）」
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11)
Object Place: Kyoto, Japan
Medium/Technique
Woodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.3 x 15 cm (13 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26533
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 1814-9, photo p. 35
DescriptionThe title of the skit: Crane and Turtle [referring to the names of the two women] Pray for the Favor of Gods and Lords (Kami to kimi no megumi o inoramu Tsuru to Kame)
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。乳児を抱く町の乳母（うば）と、高天原（たかまがはら）すなわち神官（しんかん）に扮する京屋の芸妓鶴二と亀二。 -- 田辺 昌子Ｋ
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。乳児を抱く町の乳母（うば）と、高天原（たかまがはら）すなわち神官（しんかん）に扮する京屋の芸妓鶴二と亀二。 -- 田辺 昌子Ｋ
Signed
Nagahide ga
長秀画
長秀画
Marks
Publishers' marks: Yamasa han, Honjô han
画家の印章: なし
版元: 山佐 本庄
改印: なし
画家の印章: なし
版元: 山佐 本庄
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.