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「梨壷五歌仙 紫式部」
Poem by Murasaki Shikibu, from the series Five Poetic Immortals of the Pear-blossom Courtyard (Nashitsubo gokasen)
「梨壷五歌仙 紫式部」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43041
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-91
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21916, 11.43041
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Meguriaite/ mishi ya sore tomo/ wakaranu ma ni/ kumogakure ni shi/ yowa no tsuki ka na
「めくりあひてみしやそれ共分ぬまに雲かくれにし夜半の月哉」
「めくりあひてみしやそれ共分ぬまに雲かくれにし夜半の月哉」
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.