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「初霞柳」 「糸遊」
Willows in the First Mist (Hatsukasumi yanagi): Otama Playing the Kokyû (R), and Play of the Strings (Ito asobi): Osugi Playing the Shamisen (L)
「初霞柳」 「糸遊」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1820s–early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban diptych; 21.2 x 18.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26816-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tsuda, "Ryûô-tei Edo no Hananari...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 161 (2011), p. 45, fig. 9; Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #82; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), pl. 179; Keyes, Chester Beatty cat. I (1985), #243
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26816 (right), 11.26817 (left)
Poem on the right sheet translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 275.
鳥追いを描いた春興摺物。上部には柳桜亭述の歌文句。
Poem on the right sheet translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 275.
鳥追いを描いた春興摺物。上部には柳桜亭述の歌文句。
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Artist's seal: double toshidama
Inscriptions(R) Poem by Edo no Hananari: Hitogokoro/ hikunaru ito no/ yanagigoshi/ yana no ya no ji ni/ musubu obi no te
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.