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「小倉擬百人一首 貞信公 祇園女御」
Poem by Sadanobu kô: Gion nyôgo, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae Hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 貞信公 祇園女御」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
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; 37.3 x 24.4 cm (14 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42976
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #26; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.26
DescriptionNo. 26 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Kinugasa
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠
彫師：彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Ogurayama/ minenomomijiba/ kokoroaraba/ imahitotabino/ miyukimatanamu
小倉山 みねのもみぢ葉 こころあらば 今一たびの 御幸またなむ
洛東祇園の片辺に 一人の賤の女あり 天然の美皃 白川院 垣間見たまひて 懸想の余り入て 女御に備たまふ 依て祇園女御と称す 平相国清盛公は 此女性の産所なり
柳下亭種員筆記
小倉山 みねのもみぢ葉 こころあらば 今一たびの 御幸またなむ
洛東祇園の片辺に 一人の賤の女あり 天然の美皃 白川院 垣間見たまひて 懸想の余り入て 女御に備たまふ 依て祇園女御と称す 平相国清盛公は 此女性の産所なり
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.
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.