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「名妓三十六佳撰 小さんの話 二十四」
No. 24, Kosan, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 小さんの話 二十四」
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; 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42810
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: 11.42810, 11.42815
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小さんの話
こは ちかむかしの うたひめにて をち
こちびと なをしられし をみななり
しが ゆえありて うきよばたけに 身を
しずめ はかなきつとめを なしたりしが
しるもしらぬも 名をしたひて とひ
来る まらうど さまざまなるにぞ そのころ
くるはに この こさん に かたをならぶる
ぜんせいの太夫は いといと まれなりとぞ
はなれ鵜や
おなじながれに 浮しずみ
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
こは ちかむかしの うたひめにて をち
こちびと なをしられし をみななり
しが ゆえありて うきよばたけに 身を
しずめ はかなきつとめを なしたりしが
しるもしらぬも 名をしたひて とひ
来る まらうど さまざまなるにぞ そのころ
くるはに この こさん に かたをならぶる
ぜんせいの太夫は いといと まれなりとぞ
はなれ鵜や
おなじながれに 浮しずみ
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.