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「名妓三十六佳撰 とこ夏の話 十四」
No. 14, Tokonatsu, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 とこ夏の話 十四」
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 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42800
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42800, 11.45311
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とこ夏の話
はらから ひとしく うたひめにて
その名 いたう たかかりしが はからぬ
ことにて 三たりとも おなし くがいに
身をしづめ 夜ごとにかはる まらう
どの まくらのちりを はらひたり
しに ひごとに むかふ すがたみに
うつるすがたの かはりゆきしを
なまめかす
こころはづかし 女郎花
かく ぎんじては かこちたりとぞ
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
はらから ひとしく うたひめにて
その名 いたう たかかりしが はからぬ
ことにて 三たりとも おなし くがいに
身をしづめ 夜ごとにかはる まらう
どの まくらのちりを はらひたり
しに ひごとに むかふ すがたみに
うつるすがたの かはりゆきしを
なまめかす
こころはづかし 女郎花
かく ぎんじては かこちたりとぞ
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.