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「名妓三十六佳撰 あげま記 三十六」
No. 36, Agemaki, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 あげま記 三十六」
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), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.2 cm (14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42795
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あげまき
深夜に よめるうた とて さる人の
蔵せし たにさくを 見るに
人とはば みちの
おきては あまたあれど
けふゆくとしの
せきもりや なる
ただ このよみは ひとつにて そのこゝろ
ばへ 高きこと しられたり また 筆の
あと いと たへなれども ここにもらしつつ
菱亭栄中 誌
深夜に よめるうた とて さる人の
蔵せし たにさくを 見るに
人とはば みちの
おきては あまたあれど
けふゆくとしの
せきもりや なる
ただ このよみは ひとつにて そのこゝろ
ばへ 高きこと しられたり また 筆の
あと いと たへなれども ここにもらしつつ
菱亭栄中 誌
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.