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「名妓三十六佳撰 花紫 三十」
No. 30, Hanamurasaki, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)
「名妓三十六佳撰 花紫 三十」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉九改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions花紫
いと みやびこゝろ ふかく 常に茶を このみ
日ごと 新造 小ども ならべて 茶事を
おくこと たのしみとせり 是を さる
君のきゝて むくつけき 男子 いで立
客となり来りしを ただ 座につきし
さまをみて はやくも 茶人といふことを
さとり 茶席ふうに もてなしければ
それに そふたる人々 ふしぎかほ なし
けるをみて たはむれに よめる
身にばかり
匂ふはいかに やみの梅
菱亭栄中 誌
いと みやびこゝろ ふかく 常に茶を このみ
日ごと 新造 小ども ならべて 茶事を
おくこと たのしみとせり 是を さる
君のきゝて むくつけき 男子 いで立
客となり来りしを ただ 座につきし
さまをみて はやくも 茶人といふことを
さとり 茶席ふうに もてなしければ
それに そふたる人々 ふしぎかほ なし
けるをみて たはむれに よめる
身にばかり
匂ふはいかに やみの梅
菱亭栄中 誌
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.