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「小倉擬百人一首 蝉丸 濡髪長五郎」
Poem by Semimaru: Nuregami Chôgorô, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)
「小倉擬百人一首 蝉丸 濡髪長五郎」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (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; 37.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #10; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.10
DescriptionNo. 10 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.28610, 11.42980
MFA impressions: 11.28610, 11.42980
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: Kore ya kono/ iku mo kaeru mo/ wakarete wa/ shiru mo shiranu mo/ ôsaka no seki
これやこの 行くもかへるも わかれては しるもしらぬも 逢坂の関
浪速天満の社地の勧請相撲に 放駒の長吉と立入なし 両人とも力をあらしひしが つひに心とけ合う これより兄弟の約をなし 睦じくくらせしとかや
柳下亭種員筆記
これやこの 行くもかへるも わかれては しるもしらぬも 逢坂の関
浪速天満の社地の勧請相撲に 放駒の長吉と立入なし 両人とも力をあらしひしが つひに心とけ合う これより兄弟の約をなし 睦じくくらせしとかや
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.