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Poem by Kôkamon'in no Bettô: Ashigaru Ichiemon, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 皇加門院別当 足軽市右エ門」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
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 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42981
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #88; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.88
DescriptionNo. 88 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村田
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Naniwa e no/ ashi no karine no/ hitoyo yue/ mi o tsukushite ya/ koiwatarubeki
なにはえの あしのかりねの ひと夜ゆえ 身をつくしてや こひわたるべき

忠義ハ堅き鉄脛に 一時七里蜂の争乱 夫トさしたる主家の凶瑞廻らバ 長浜北国道急ぐ心は 鎌倉へ翼も欲き鳥居本宿
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.