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「風流女六歌仙 赤染衛門」
Akazome Emon, from the series Fashionable Female Six Poetic Immortals (Fûryû onna rokkasen)
「風流女六歌仙 赤染衛門」
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.98
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #158.1 and cat. no. 73
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.41511 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.98
Signed
Eizan hitsu
英山筆
英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Yasurawade/ nenamashi mono o/ sayo fukete/ katamuku made no/ tsuki o mishi ka na
「やすらはでねなましものをさよふてかたむくまての月を見しかな」
「やすらはでねなましものをさよふてかたむくまての月を見しかな」
ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)