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「名妓三十六佳撰 九重の話 十三」
No. 13, Kokonoe, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 九重の話 十三」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 × 25.1 cm (14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42809
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: 11.42809, *11.45306 (deaccessioned in 2019)
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: Monkey 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十二改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions九重の話
ある武家に うばづとめ せしころ わが
あずかりの おさなご 人のこに けがさせしに
そのこ はてたるにぞ つゐに おふやけざた と
なりけるが こは もと うばの おちどなれば
みを かはたけへしずめて つみを あがなへ
かし とて ことすみたれば しりぞくとき
はてしなき ながれの みずを
うきよの すえに いつまでぞ
すみだ川 くむ
かくよみたるは あはれなり
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
ある武家に うばづとめ せしころ わが
あずかりの おさなご 人のこに けがさせしに
そのこ はてたるにぞ つゐに おふやけざた と
なりけるが こは もと うばの おちどなれば
みを かはたけへしずめて つみを あがなへ
かし とて ことすみたれば しりぞくとき
はてしなき ながれの みずを
うきよの すえに いつまでぞ
すみだ川 くむ
かくよみたるは あはれなり
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.