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「名妓三十六佳撰 玉ぎくの話 二十七」
No. 27, Tamagiku, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 玉ぎくの話 二十七」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 × 25.2 cm (14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42780
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html ; POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 76-7
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉正改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions玉ぎくの話
おのれ さるころ 友人なる 梅屋のあるじ
栄中子が ひざうの こぶ川玉ぎくの
まくら てふもの ひめおかるる うつはの
ふたに かの太夫が ふでのすさびに おのが
身の うきを まくらに よばへたる 枕の
ちり てふ かんなぶみの すゑにものし
たる よみうたを いと おこながら 前々
筆に かいつけはべりしことあり
しを ふと おもひ出て 左にしるす
ちりはらふ まくらにさへも
おもなしや 夜ごと
ことなる 夢むすぶ身は
三亭春馬 記
おのれ さるころ 友人なる 梅屋のあるじ
栄中子が ひざうの こぶ川玉ぎくの
まくら てふもの ひめおかるる うつはの
ふたに かの太夫が ふでのすさびに おのが
身の うきを まくらに よばへたる 枕の
ちり てふ かんなぶみの すゑにものし
たる よみうたを いと おこながら 前々
筆に かいつけはべりしことあり
しを ふと おもひ出て 左にしるす
ちりはらふ まくらにさへも
おもなしや 夜ごと
ことなる 夢むすぶ身は
三亭春馬 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.