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Poem by Kyorai, from the series The Ten Great Pupils of the Haikai Poet Bashô (Haisen jûtetsu no uchi)


「俳仙十哲ノ内 去来」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843 (Tenpô 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban 37.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43651
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「湖の水まさりけり五月雨」
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.