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Poem by Oshikôchi no Mitsune: Shiragikumaru, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 凡河内躬恒 白菊丸」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 24.9 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42975
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #29; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.29
DescriptionNo. 29 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Kinugasa
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:衣笠
彫師:彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Kokoroateni/ orabayaoran/ hatsushimono/ okimadowaseru/ shiragikkunohana
こヽろあてに をらばやをらん 初霜の おきまどはせる しら菊の花

白菊丸ハ 遠江国 菊川駅にて落命ありし 中納言藤原宗行卿の公達なり 或曰 相州江の嶋児ヶ淵ハ 此君に依る古跡なりとぞ 然 是皆小説稗史に起る伝奇なり
 柳下亭種員筆記
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.