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「小倉擬百人一首 在原業平朝臣 花和尚魯知深」
Poem by Ariwara Narihira Ason: Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin), from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 在原業平朝臣 花和尚魯知深」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36682
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #17; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.17
DescriptionNo. 17 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.28604, 11.36682
MFA impressions: 11.28604, 11.36682
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Chihayaburu/ kamiyo mo kikazu/ tatsutagawa/ karakurenai ni/ mizuku kuru to wa
千早振 神代もきかず たつ田川 からくれないに 水くくるとは
在俗の名ハ魯達といひ 桑門なして魯智深と号す 酔狂の余り 己が住する五台山の金剛神を打砕き 一山をおほいにさわがせける
柳下亭種員筆記
千早振 神代もきかず たつ田川 からくれないに 水くくるとは
在俗の名ハ魯達といひ 桑門なして魯智深と号す 酔狂の余り 己が住する五台山の金剛神を打砕き 一山をおほいにさわがせける
柳下亭種員筆記
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.