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「かつしか五番 礼」
Courtesy (Rei), from the series A Set of Five [Virtues] for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika goban)
「かつしか五番 礼」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
12.1 x 18.1 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25173
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the New Year's Light (2008), #125; other prints in the series: Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), pp. 403, 405
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 250.
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Shunman
InscriptionsPoem by Bunsaisha Fudemaru: Aoyagi no/ sugata nomi ka wa/ kefu to ieba/ kishiki ni mayu o/ tsukuru taoyame
Poem by Bunshûsha Hiroba: Taoyame ga/ kao ni ôgi wa/ kazashitemo/ hatsuhi no kage o/ utsusu tosozake
Poem by Bunbunsha [Kanikomaru]: Saku ume no/ Muromachi-fû wa/ harusame no/ Ashikaga some ya/ niau narubeshi
Poem by Bunshûsha Hiroba: Taoyame ga/ kao ni ôgi wa/ kazashitemo/ hatsuhi no kage o/ utsusu tosozake
Poem by Bunbunsha [Kanikomaru]: Saku ume no/ Muromachi-fû wa/ harusame no/ Ashikaga some ya/ niau narubeshi
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.