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Votive Painting of Tamura Attacking the Demons, from the series Seven Pictures for the Hisakataya Club (Hisakataya shichiban no uchi)


「久方屋七番ノ内」 田村の鬼退治の絵馬
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
mid to late 1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 19.1 x 17.6 cm (7 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
Accession Number46.1416
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #34; other prints in the series: Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #319-322
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 86.
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Shunman
InscriptionsPoem by Shiratsuyutei Tamaru: Kazari oku/ yoroi wa ie no/ hana ni shite/ kefu hirakitaru/ kozakura odoshi
Poem by Sakuranikutei Edaori: Osamareru/ miyo no gusoku mo/ kefu hiraku/ toki wa ebira no/ ume ga katsu iro
Poem by Sen no Eidô: Senkin no/ haru wa kazoeru/ mononofu no/ toko no kazari mo/ yoroi ichiryô
Provenance1946, gift of Charles Adrien Rübel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 1946)