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文字絵六歌仙 「有原業平」
Ariwara Narihira, from an untitled series of the Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen) formed by the characters for their names
文字絵六歌仙 「有原業平」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (Bunka 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 26.1 cm (15 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17502
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #177; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #24; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.71.5; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #145; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #17.1; another in the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), pl. 197
Signed
Katsushika Hokusai ga; Tonan sho
かつしか北斎画、図南書
かつしか北斎画、図南書
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 879): Ôkata wa/ tsuki o mo medeji/ kore zo kono/ tsumoreba hito no/ oi to naru mono
大かたは 月をもめでし これそこの つもれハひとの 老となるもの 図南書
大かたは 月をもめでし これそこの つもれハひとの 老となるもの 図南書
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.