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「名妓三十六佳撰 今むらさき 二十五」
No. 25, Imamurasaki, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 今むらさき 二十五」
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), 12th 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 Number11.42785
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 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十二改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions今むらさきの話
全盛ならびく みやびのこころ ふかく
つねに いけ花に こゝろをよせ 四季の
花木を 日ごとにさしかへ そのな
がめ せうちうにありと ひとり 風
雅をかまへ そのざしきの はしら
かくしに みづからしたためし 句に
いろいろの 花むつま
じき 世なりけり
菱亭 栄中 記
全盛ならびく みやびのこころ ふかく
つねに いけ花に こゝろをよせ 四季の
花木を 日ごとにさしかへ そのな
がめ せうちうにありと ひとり 風
雅をかまへ そのざしきの はしら
かくしに みづからしたためし 句に
いろいろの 花むつま
じき 世なりけり
菱亭 栄中 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.