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「久かた屋五ばんつゞき」 桜下美人雅楽 琴
Women's Gagaku Concert under Cherry Blossoms: Koto, from the series Pentaptych for the Hisakataya Poetry Club (Hisakataya gobantsuzuki)
「久かた屋五ばんつゞき」 桜下美人雅楽 琴
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 22 x 18.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19868
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #2; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #91; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #240a; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 53 (complete)
DescriptionThe complete pentaptych (order uncertain): 11.19964-8 (complete); 2009.4994.2-5 (four sheets only)
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 119; and in Polster & Marks 1980, pp. 49-49A.
Poems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 119; and in Polster & Marks 1980, pp. 49-49A.
Signed
Gakutei hitsu
岳亭筆
岳亭筆
InscriptionsPoem by Kamenoya Osamaru: Haru no no wa/ hana no kumoi ni/ chôshibui/ tsutsumi tampopo/ tsukuzukushi koto
Poem by Hisakataya: Tamagoto no/ tsumetaku wa araji/ to ki no moto/ ni furikuru hana/ no yuki zo te ni suru
春の野は花の雲井にてふし笛 つゝみたんぽゝつくずくし琴
玉琴のつめたくはあらしと木のもとに ふるくる花のゆきそてにする
Poem by Hisakataya: Tamagoto no/ tsumetaku wa araji/ to ki no moto/ ni furikuru hana/ no yuki zo te ni suru
春の野は花の雲井にてふし笛 つゝみたんぽゝつくずくし琴
玉琴のつめたくはあらしと木のもとに ふるくる花のゆきそてにする
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.