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Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Nazorae Rokkasen)


「模擬六佳撰(なぞらへろくかせん)」「文屋康秀」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 23.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43121
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #27
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 249, Hyakunin isshu 22): Fuku kara ni/ aki no kusaki no/ shioureba/ mube yamakaze o/ arashi to iuran
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.