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「名妓三十六佳撰 瀬川 二十六」
No. 26, Segawa, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 瀬川 二十六」
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), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25.1 cm (14 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42794
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 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions瀬川
ふかく おもふことのありて つとめの
うちより 仏もんに いりて つねに
すゞを つまぐり その こころばへ
いとたかく けいせいに まれなり
さる 仏心なき人に おくる うたに
いとまある ときは たぶさに
すずかけよ ひんる らんだ を
とほざけんため
菱亭 栄中 記
ふかく おもふことのありて つとめの
うちより 仏もんに いりて つねに
すゞを つまぐり その こころばへ
いとたかく けいせいに まれなり
さる 仏心なき人に おくる うたに
いとまある ときは たぶさに
すずかけよ ひんる らんだ を
とほざけんため
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.