Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Minazuru-hime as Ono no Komachi and Benkei as Kisen Hôshi, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)
Minazuru-hime as Ono no Komachi and Benkei as Kisen Hôshi, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)

Minazuru-hime as Ono no Komachi and Benkei as Kisen Hôshi, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
1829 (Bunsei 12)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 17.9 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25669
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Shûseitei Tsutaki: Benkei mo/ osanaki haru no/ fude-hajime/ Naniwazu niou/ aojiku no ume Poem by Shûhaien Akaki: Minazuru no/ chiyo no tameshi o/ hikizome no/ himekomatsu ni mo/ kayou koto no ne Poem by Shûchôdô: Mikaikô/ Naniwa no haru no/ tsumagoto ni/ kyô uguisu no/ utau umegaeProvenanceBy 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.