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「契情六佳撰 喜撰法師 丸海老屋内 江川」
Kisen Hôshi: Egawa of the Maru-Ebiya, from the series Six Excellent Selections of Courtesans (Keisei Rokkasen), pun on Six Poetic Immortals
「契情六佳撰 喜撰法師 丸海老屋内 江川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828–30 (Bunsei 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #64
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 983, Hyakunin isshu 8): Waga io wa/ miyako no tatsumi/ shika zo sumu/ yo o ujiyama to/ hito wa iu nari
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.