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Poem by Ki no Tomonori: The Madwoman of Mii Temple (Mii-dera no kyôjo), from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu)


「小倉擬百人一首 紀友則 三井寺狂女」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26392
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig and Mostow, The Hundred Poets Compared (2007), #33; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S46.33
DescriptionNo. 33 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:渡
彫師:彫竹
InscriptionsPoem: Hisakata no/ hikari nodokeki/ haru no hi ni/ shizu kokoro naku/ hana no chiruramu
久かたの ひかりのどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花のちるらむ

駿河の郡領 某の愛子 人商人に奪れしを 母君驚き憂の余り 狂女となりてさまようひつつ 端なく我子に近江路や 三井のあたりに再会なせしを 謡曲に依りて爰に模したり
 柳下亭種員筆記
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.