Group shot (L-R): 11.19865, 11.19866, 11.19867, 11.19868, 11.19864

Images(2)

Women's Gagaku Concert under Cherry Blossoms: Biwa, from the series Pentaptych for the Hisakataya Poetry Club (Hisakataya gobantsuzuki)

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)

about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

DimensionsShikishiban; 22 x 18.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.19867

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

InscriptionsPoem by Gachoan Michitane: Hana no moto/ no kangen ni tsurete/ tanzaku mo/ harukaze ni mau/ miyoshino no yama Poem by Hisakataya: Môsen ni/ hana ni san rin/ harukaze no/ harau to otosu/ biwa no ikkyoku 花のもとの管弦につれて短さくも　はる風にまふによしのゝ山もせんに花に三りん春風の　はらうとおとす琵琶の一曲

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.