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「源氏雲浮世画合（げんじくもうきよゑあハせ） 横笛 額兵衛 おふね」
Yokobue: Gakubei and Ofune, 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） 横笛 額兵衛 おふね」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 23.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #77 (print), #78 (blocks); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S45.37; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G447 (no photos)
DescriptionNo. 37 in the series.
MFA impressions: 11.36534, 11.37134
MFA impressions: 11.36534, 11.37134
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村田
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Yokobue no/ shirabe wa koto ni/ kawaranu o/ munashiku narishi/ ne koso tsuki sene
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.
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.