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「名妓三十六佳撰 はしだての話 二十九」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
No. 29, Hashidate, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 はしだての話 二十九」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 24 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45308
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42807, *11.45308 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions橋だての話
こゝろざま をゝしく ひとに まけまじ
との をのこたましゐある 太夫にて ゐきじ
は いにしへの たかを うすぐも にも をさをさ
おとらず ちゃ屋 ふなやど いふにおよ
ばず したじたまで ゆきわたりよければ
たれありて ほめざるはなし げに 近代
まれの 名妓なりとぞ
春の夜や 大名衆も しらぬ夢
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
こゝろざま をゝしく ひとに まけまじ
との をのこたましゐある 太夫にて ゐきじ
は いにしへの たかを うすぐも にも をさをさ
おとらず ちゃ屋 ふなやど いふにおよ
ばず したじたまで ゆきわたりよければ
たれありて ほめざるはなし げに 近代
まれの 名妓なりとぞ
春の夜や 大名衆も しらぬ夢
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
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.