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「名妓三十六佳撰 いく代の話 第六」
No. 6, Ikuyo, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 いく代の話 第六」
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; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42781
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
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いく代の話
こは 今の世に いくよもぢ てふ 名を
のこしぬる あそびめなるが そのこころ
ざま ただしくして こびを うるなる
あそびめには にげなき 気しつに
おんなに あるとき やいと すゆるとて
すぎつるははの をしえぬる そがことの
ちゑを おもいひでて
親のおん わすれぬ ためぞ 二日灸
かくすさみつつ たらちねの あい いと
ふかきをかたりつつ そぞろ なみだに
むせたりとぞ
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
こは 今の世に いくよもぢ てふ 名を
のこしぬる あそびめなるが そのこころ
ざま ただしくして こびを うるなる
あそびめには にげなき 気しつに
おんなに あるとき やいと すゆるとて
すぎつるははの をしえぬる そがことの
ちゑを おもいひでて
親のおん わすれぬ ためぞ 二日灸
かくすさみつつ たらちねの あい いと
ふかきをかたりつつ そぞろ なみだに
むせたりとぞ
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
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.