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「名妓三十六佳撰 小式部 二十二」
No. 22, Koshikibu, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 小式部 二十二」
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; 36.7 × 24.9 cm (14 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42798
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小式部
ゆえありて 主人の別荘に あきを
むかへしことのありければ 日ごとに
虫うりの 一荷をととのゑ 草園
に はなし これを うへなき 遊び
とせり 風流の まろうど こぞって
その うはさ せりときけり また
そのおりの くちずさみ
うれし葉に むしの
すがるや わびたもと
菱亭 栄中 誌
ゆえありて 主人の別荘に あきを
むかへしことのありければ 日ごとに
虫うりの 一荷をととのゑ 草園
に はなし これを うへなき 遊び
とせり 風流の まろうど こぞって
その うはさ せりときけり また
そのおりの くちずさみ
うれし葉に むしの
すがるや わびたもと
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.