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「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 五条の橋
Bridge Suggesting Gojô Bridge, from the series Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi onna Benkei)
「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 五条の橋
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36358
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #118; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2999
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Gomai ... Hori Renkichi
改印：浜
彫師： 彫廉吉
Blockcutter's mark: Gomai ... Hori Renkichi
改印：浜
彫師： 彫廉吉
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûkatei Tanekazu
たおや女のもてる長刀鬼打は
五条の神の縁日の土産
柳下亭 種員
たおや女のもてる長刀鬼打は
五条の神の縁日の土産
柳下亭 種員
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.