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「源氏雲浮世画合（げんじくもうきよゑあハせ） 玉葛 玉取蜑」
Tamakazura: The Diver Taking the Jewel (Tamatori ama), from the series Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji kumo ukiyo-e awase)
「源氏雲浮世画合（げんじくもうきよゑあハせ） 玉葛 玉取蜑」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30451
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), p. 82, figs. 4 (block) and 5 (print, reversed); Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #63; Suzuki 1992, #207; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S45.22
DescriptionNo. 22 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions恋わたる身はそれなれと玉かつら
いかなるすちをたつねきぬらん
玉の盃底なしとて 色に迷ふが玉のきず 出世をねがふ玉の輿 おくる玉章（たまづさ）たまかづら 玉の家号の玉揃ひ 玉を欺く顔（かんばせ）はあたりまばゆき光にて 龍の腮（あぎと）の玉よりも意（こころ）を得てこ七難けれ
填詞 花笠外史
いかなるすちをたつねきぬらん
玉の盃底なしとて 色に迷ふが玉のきず 出世をねがふ玉の輿 おくる玉章（たまづさ）たまかづら 玉の家号の玉揃ひ 玉を欺く顔（かんばせ）はあたりまばゆき光にて 龍の腮（あぎと）の玉よりも意（こころ）を得てこ七難けれ
填詞 花笠外史
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.