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Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from the series The Thirty-six Poets, an Instructive Mirror for Women and Children (Sanjûrokkasen dôjo kyôkun kagami)


「三十六歌仙童女教訓鏡 柿本人麿」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Published by: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45490
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #98
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28718, 11.45490
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Taka
No blockcutter's mark
改印:高
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Honobono to/ Akashi no ura no/ asagiri ni/ shima kagureyuku/ fune oshi zo omou
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.