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Poem by Saigyô Hôshi, from the series Three Evening Poems (Sanseki no uchi)


「三夕内」 西行法師
Komai Yoshinobu (Japanese, active about 1765–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1765–69 (Meiwa 2–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26 x 19.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19802
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #674; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 641
Signed Yoshinobu ga (on hanging scroll in background)
美信画
InscriptionsPoem by Saigyô: Kokoro naki/ mi ni mo aware wa/ shirarekeri/ shigi tatsu sawa no/ aki no yûgure
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.