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「三十六歌仙童女教訓鏡 中納言家持」
Poem by Chûnagon Yakamochi, from the series The Thirty-six Poets, an Instructive Mirror for Women and Children (Sanjûrokkasen dôjo kyôkun kagami)
「三十六歌仙童女教訓鏡 中納言家持」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.5 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #98
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28719, 11.28722, 11.36348
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Take
No blockcutter's mark
改印：竹
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：竹
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem (Man'yôshû 1466): Haru no no ni/ asaru kigisu no/ tsumagoi ni/ ono ga arika no/ hito ni shiretsutsu [standard version has "ono ga atari o"]
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.