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Poem by Kamekichi, from the series A Refreshing Collection of Poems by Beauties (Bijin sôku shû)


「美人爽句集 歌女吉」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43633
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni makase Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
任好七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:亥七改
彫師:松島彫政
Inscriptions「歌女吉 蚊屋の出るなくやうちわをへにの縁」
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.