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「略六歌仙」
The Six Poetic Immortals in Modern Guise (Yatsushi Rokkasen)
「略六歌仙」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.9 x 77.4 cm (15 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24910-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #47; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 455, list no. A103
DescriptionTriptych: 11.24910 (right), 11.24911 (center), 11.24912 (left)
Right sheet: Poems by Ariwara Narihira and Komachi, courtesan Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya
Center sheet: Poems by SôjôHenjô and Bun'ya Yasuhide, unidentified courtesan (title torn off)
Left sheet: Poems by Kisen Hôshi and Ôtomo no Kuronushi, courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya
Right sheet: Poems by Ariwara Narihira and Komachi, courtesan Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya
Center sheet: Poems by SôjôHenjô and Bun'ya Yasuhide, unidentified courtesan (title torn off)
Left sheet: Poems by Kisen Hôshi and Ôtomo no Kuronushi, courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya
Signed
Eishô ga (on each sheet)
栄昌画
栄昌画
Marks
No censor's seal
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.