Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from an untitled series of Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

六歌仙　「文野康秀」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 36.8 x 13 cm (14 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7035

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #09.6

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7035, 21.7036

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 249, Hyakunin isshu 22): Fuku kara ni/ aki no kusaki no/ shioureba/ mube yamakaze o/ arashi to iuran

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.