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「小倉擬百人一首 河原左大臣 文ひろげの狂女」
Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin: The Madwoman with the Letter (Fumihiroge kyôjo), from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 河原左大臣 文ひろげの狂女」
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; 36.5 x 24.7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #14; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.14
DescriptionNo. 14 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: Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：村松
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：村松
彫師：彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Michinoku no/ shinobu mojisuri/ tare yue ni/ midare somenishi/ ware nara naku ni
みちのくの しのぶもじ摺 たれゆえに みだれそめにし われならなくに
野のお通に遣へし千代といへる女也 文の通にもうとからす 情あるものなり のち夫にわかれてより 心ミだれ 一巻の文を箱に入れ 首にかけて 山の木かげ 又月の夜ハ五条の橋の辺なとに 彼文を高らかによミなどし 獨言いひて狂ひあるきけり
みちのくの しのぶもじ摺 たれゆえに みだれそめにし われならなくに
野のお通に遣へし千代といへる女也 文の通にもうとからす 情あるものなり のち夫にわかれてより 心ミだれ 一巻の文を箱に入れ 首にかけて 山の木かげ 又月の夜ハ五条の橋の辺なとに 彼文を高らかによミなどし 獨言いひて狂ひあるきけり
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.