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「京都人形師 大石眼竜斎吉弘」「風流女六歌仙 式乾門院御匣 後嵯峨院典侍」
Poems by Shikiken Mon'in no Mikushige and Gosaga-in no Tenji, from the series Fashionable Six Female Poetic Immortals (Fûryû onna Rokkasen), by the Kyoto Doll Artist (Kyôto ningyôshi) Ôishi Ganryûsai Yoshihiro
「京都人形師 大石眼竜斎吉弘」「風流女六歌仙 式乾門院御匣 後嵯峨院典侍」
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049045.html; Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #177; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 169
DescriptionAn exhibition of life-sized dolls that was shown at Ryôgoku from the 5th month of 1853 showed present-day women representing classical poems by six female poets. The MFA has three designs by two artists, apparently from the same series: 11.37347 by Yoshifuji, and 11.37131 (duplicate 11.37974) and 11.38122 by Kuniyoshi, and a flier for the exhibition, 11.45606.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：彫庄治
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.