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Poem by Chûnagon Kanesuke: The Fox Kuzunoha and the Abe Baby (Kitsune Kuzunoha, Abe dôji), from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 中納言兼輔 狐葛の葉 安部童子」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (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; 37.2 × 25.4 cm (14 5/8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39590
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #27; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.27
DescriptionNo. 27 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.

MFA impressions: 11.26388, 11.39590
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Mika no hara/ wakite nagaruru/ Izumigawa/ izumi ki to te ka/ koishikaruramu
みかの原 わきてながるる いづみ川 いづみキとてか 恋しかるらむ

往古泉州信田の森に 年経る雌狐あり 安部の保名に契りて 一子をまうく 末世にその名を止めたる陰陽の博士清明ハ すなハち此童子なり
 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.