Poem by Yamabe no Akahito: (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as) Bunji Yasukata, from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokkasen no uchi)

「見立三十六歌撰之内　山部赤人　文次安方」　十二代目市村羽左衛門

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42665

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #9

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36779.42, 11.42665

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫竹

InscriptionsPoem: Waka no ura ni/ shio michi kureba/ kata o nami/ ashibe o sashite/ tazu naki wataru
「和歌の浦に　汐みちくれは　かたをなみ　あしべをさして　田鶴なきわたる」

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.