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「小倉擬百人一首 中納言行平 松王丸妻 小太郎」
Poem by Chûnagon Yukihira: Matsuômaru's Wife and Her Son Kotarô, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 中納言行平 松王丸妻 小太郎」
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 24.9 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42978
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #16; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.16
DescriptionNo. 16 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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: Tachiwakare/ inaba no yama no/ mine ni ofuru/ matsu to shi kikaba/ ima kaerikomu
立ちわかれ いなばの山の みねにおふる まつとしきかば 今かへりこむ
松王丸ハ左大臣時平が舎人なり 菅丞相の旧恩を思ひ 武部源蔵が家へ 我子小太郎を寺入させ 其身ハ検使の役を乞請 菅秀才の身替に立けるとぞ
柳下亭種員筆記
立ちわかれ いなばの山の みねにおふる まつとしきかば 今かへりこむ
松王丸ハ左大臣時平が舎人なり 菅丞相の旧恩を思ひ 武部源蔵が家へ 我子小太郎を寺入させ 其身ハ検使の役を乞請 菅秀才の身替に立けるとぞ
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.