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Poem by Sagami: Okiku and Kyôgoku Takumi, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 相模 おきく 京極内匠」
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; 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42982
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #65; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.65
DescriptionNo. 65 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: Uramiwabi/ hosanu sode dani/ aru mono o/ koi ni kuchinan/ na koso oshikere
うらみわび ほさぬ袖だに あるものを 恋にくちなん 名こそをしけれ

吉岡一味斎が妹女が於菊 家僕友平を召連 讐人京極内匠を尋ん為 諸国を廻る内 摂州須广の浦にて敵に出会 返討に成の図
 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.