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「貝細工」 「當ル午ノ三月上旬より浅草観世音境内におゐて興行仕候」 「貝細工人 岩熊萬靏・花柳軒／人形細工人 浮面舎鉄五郎」
Shellcraft (Kai saiku), on Display in the Precincts of Asakusa Kannon
「貝細工」 「當ル午ノ三月上旬より浅草観世音境内におゐて興行仕候」 「貝細工人 岩熊萬靏・花柳軒／人形細工人 浮面舎鉄五郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
36.9 x 49.5 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45579
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049097.html
Signed
Kunitsuru ga
国鶴画
国鶴画
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午二
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「四海（よつのうみ）の静謐に納り、豊に楽む大御代の時を、ゑしまの磯部に拾ふ種々の貝をもつて森羅万象（さまざまのかたち）を造り、諸人方（いずれもさま）の御覧を希（こう）も、彼桜貝、紅貝、幾春秋か工風を凝せば、看板に出せる岩磐獅子の子落し、おちのくる細工は流々仕上も見事な錦に花を折染て、新吉原に名高き遊君達が手際を見せる遠州流の挿花活るといふに縁故もある貝に取合、木偶（にんぎょう）も今時（いま）流行する歌舞伎役者の似顔形象（すがた）の生写と仰山□並さへ、かの灰吹から蛇の出るやうな大騒な螺（ほら）をふき、鷺貝を烏貝と違（まちがわ）す東西（もの）には候はねば、先一度は御見物の上、御意に的（かな）ふて是は妙外の類はあられ貝、波の小貝のなみ〳〵ならぬ作り物じやと八角貝の隅からすみまで御評判を象袖貝の袖を連て富士貝の山秤なる大入大繁昌といたしまするやふ偏に奉願上候。太夫元。」
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.