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「名妓三十六佳撰 わかむらさ記の話 第九」
No. 9, Wakamurasaki, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 わかむらさ記の話 第九」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.5 cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45309
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42782, 11.45309
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: Monkey 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十二改
彫師：なし
Inscriptionsわかむらさきの話
けいせいの 意気地といふもの すたり
たれば あまり つれなくし給はで
ちとは なさけも あきなひ給へ といひ
つる人に こたふるやう
はる風や 花には
はなの あひしらい
ふるとふらぬは その時と きやくに
よりての かけひきにてはべれば ふるも
手くだの 秘事 かくこころえて はん
べるまま かならず あんじ給はるなど 右の
一句を さらさらと あふぎにしたため
あたえしとぞ
三亭春馬 記
栄中 書
けいせいの 意気地といふもの すたり
たれば あまり つれなくし給はで
ちとは なさけも あきなひ給へ といひ
つる人に こたふるやう
はる風や 花には
はなの あひしらい
ふるとふらぬは その時と きやくに
よりての かけひきにてはべれば ふるも
手くだの 秘事 かくこころえて はん
べるまま かならず あんじ給はるなど 右の
一句を さらさらと あふぎにしたため
あたえしとぞ
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.