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「小倉擬百人一首 謙徳公 八百屋お七」
Poem by Kentoku-kô: Yaoya Oshichi, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 謙徳公 八百屋お七」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (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; 35.2 × 23.7 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39589
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #45; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.45
DescriptionNo. 45 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.26393, 11.39589
MFA impressions: 11.26393, 11.39589
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：渡
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：渡
彫師：彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Aware to mo/ iubeki hito wa/ omohohede/ mi no itazura ni/ narinubeki ka na
あはれとも いふべき人は おもほへで 身のいたづらに なりぬべきかな
伊達に仕立し恋衣 模様に染る緋桜ハ 盛りの花をちらしたる五人娘の筆がしら 其席書の 松竹梅ハ 今も湯嶋の社頭にありとぞ
柳下亭種員筆記
あはれとも いふべき人は おもほへで 身のいたづらに なりぬべきかな
伊達に仕立し恋衣 模様に染る緋桜ハ 盛りの花をちらしたる五人娘の筆がしら 其席書の 松竹梅ハ 今も湯嶋の社頭にありとぞ
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.