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Bun'ya Yasuhide, from the series Six Poetic Immortals in Modern Fashion (Imayô fûzoku Rokkasen)


「今様風俗六哥仙 文屋康秀」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.9 x 19 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19579
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 214, #N-6-6; AIC II, p. 248, #143
Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 249, Hyakunin isshu 22): Fuku kara ni/ aki no kusaki no/ shioureba/ mube yamakaze o/ arashi to iuran
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.