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Poem by Ukon: Shunkan, from the series Ogura Imitations of the Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae Hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 右近 俊寛」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.9 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36687
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #38; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.38
DescriptionNo. 38 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Kinugasa
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:衣笠
彫師:彫工房次郎
InscriptionsPoem: Wasuraruru/ mi o ba omowazu/ chikaiteshi/ hito no inochi no/ oshiku mo aru ka na
わすらるる 身をばおもはず ちかひてし 人のいのちの 惜しくもあるかな

花洛法勝寺の修行なり 平家の一族を亡ぼさんとなして 事顕れ 判官康頼少将成経共に 鬼界が嶋に流さる 其後康頼成経ハ大赦にあふて帰る 僧都ハ打捨られ 悲嘆いふべくもあらざりけり
 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.