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Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu, Katsura no Dainagon), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu, Katsura no Dainagon), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
(Japanese)
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 25.9 x 37.5 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17683
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Yûzareba/ kadoda no inaba/ otozurete/ ashi no maroya ni/ aki kaze zo fuku
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.
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