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「汐干五番内」
Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide, a Pentaptych (Shiohi goban no uchi)
「汐干五番内」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, gold, silver, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban pentaptych; 21 x 90.4 cm (8 1/4 x 35 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19912-19915, 11.26060
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #150; McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #79; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #188; Keyes, "Low Tide," Andon 3 (1981); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 321
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.19912 (center left), 11.19913 (center), 11.19914 (right), 11.19915 (center right), 11.26060 (left); VR: 11.19912-19915, 11.26060
All poems transcribed and translated in McKee 2008, pp. 166-7.
All poems transcribed and translated in McKee 2008, pp. 166-7.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
InscriptionsLeft sheet:
Poem by Seikaitei Kamendo: Kujira obi/ utsuru to mishi wa/ karei nite/ fumaete suberu/ shiobi okashiki
Poem by Kahôtei Jôban: Suribiuchi/ uchi-ide no hama no/ shiohigari/ chiisaku hikaru/ kamasu ishimochi
Center left sheet:
Poem by Kamenoya Osamaro: Ama naranu/ sjôjo mo idete/ watazumi no/ soko no awabi no/ tama ya tazumen
Poem by Hisakataya: Hamaguri wo/ chidori-yaki nimo/ nasabaya to/ tomo yobi tsurete/ tatsu shiohigata
Center sheet:
Poem by Suiminetei Komatsu: Emono o ba/ kayo de yarasetsu/ shiohigata/ su-ashi de hirau/ hamaguri no tsuma
Poem by Hisakataya: Nodoka naru/ haru no irokuzu/ miyuru tote/ oki ni kasumi no/ tateshio no ami
Center right sheet:
Poem by Hatsushimo Okimada: Isoyama no/ sakura to tomo ni/ uchi katsugi/ kaeru shiohi no/ kago no hanagai
Poem by Hisakataya: Kemuri oki/ iso no shiohi no/ okashisa wa/ imo ni to toraruru/ tako no sosôsa
Right sheet:
Poem by Issekitei Senkin: Uguisu no/ Haneda no oki no/ shiohigata/ tsukihi-gai ari/ hoshigarei ari
Poem by Hisakataya: Shiohigari/ ryôranu saki ni/ iso awabi/ fukura ni nazeru/ sode no urakaze
Poem by Seikaitei Kamendo: Kujira obi/ utsuru to mishi wa/ karei nite/ fumaete suberu/ shiobi okashiki
Poem by Kahôtei Jôban: Suribiuchi/ uchi-ide no hama no/ shiohigari/ chiisaku hikaru/ kamasu ishimochi
Center left sheet:
Poem by Kamenoya Osamaro: Ama naranu/ sjôjo mo idete/ watazumi no/ soko no awabi no/ tama ya tazumen
Poem by Hisakataya: Hamaguri wo/ chidori-yaki nimo/ nasabaya to/ tomo yobi tsurete/ tatsu shiohigata
Center sheet:
Poem by Suiminetei Komatsu: Emono o ba/ kayo de yarasetsu/ shiohigata/ su-ashi de hirau/ hamaguri no tsuma
Poem by Hisakataya: Nodoka naru/ haru no irokuzu/ miyuru tote/ oki ni kasumi no/ tateshio no ami
Center right sheet:
Poem by Hatsushimo Okimada: Isoyama no/ sakura to tomo ni/ uchi katsugi/ kaeru shiohi no/ kago no hanagai
Poem by Hisakataya: Kemuri oki/ iso no shiohi no/ okashisa wa/ imo ni to toraruru/ tako no sosôsa
Right sheet:
Poem by Issekitei Senkin: Uguisu no/ Haneda no oki no/ shiohigata/ tsukihi-gai ari/ hoshigarei ari
Poem by Hisakataya: Shiohigari/ ryôranu saki ni/ iso awabi/ fukura ni nazeru/ sode no urakaze
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.