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「小倉擬百人一首 元良新王 晋の豫譲」
Poem by Motoyoshi Shinnô: Yu Rang of Jin (Shin no Yojô), from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 元良新王 晋の豫譲」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.9 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36683
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #20; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.20
DescriptionNo. 20 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.28602, 11.36683
MFA impressions: 11.28602, 11.36683
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Kinugasa
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠
彫師：彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Wabinureba/ ima hata onaji/ Naniwa naru/ mi o tsukushite mo/ awanu to zo omou
わびぬれば 今はたおなじ なにはなる 身をつくしても あハむとぞ思う
倶不戴天の主君の讐を討んと欲して 千辛万苦す 是なん晋の大忠臣と末代不朽の美名をのこせり
柳下亭種員筆記
わびぬれば 今はたおなじ なにはなる 身をつくしても あハむとぞ思う
倶不戴天の主君の讐を討んと欲して 千辛万苦す 是なん晋の大忠臣と末代不朽の美名をのこせり
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.