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Poem by Taira no Kanemori: Iga no Tsubone

Woodblock Print
ca. 1845-48
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige (artist)
Place of origin
Japan (made)
Edo (made)

Woodblock print. Ōban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Figure in outdoor setting.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • Poem by Taira no Kanemori: Iga no Tsubone (assigned by artist)
  • Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazora-e Hyaku-nin isshu) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Poem by Taira no Kanemori: Iga no Tsubone', no. 40 from the series 'Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Edo (Tokyo), Japan, ca. 1845-48.
Physical description
Woodblock print. Ōban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Figure in outdoor setting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.1cm
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「小倉擬百人一首」 (Series title)
    Translation
    Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
    Transliteration
    'Ogura nazora-e Hyaku-nin isshu'
  • 「平兼盛」 (Title)
    Transliteration
    'Taira no Kanemori'
  • 「伊賀局」 (In rectangular red cartouche by figure)
    Transliteration
    'Iga no Tsubone'
  • 「広重画」 (Artist signature)
    Transliteration
    'Hiroshige ga'
  • 「しのぶれど / 色に出に / けり / わが恋は / ものや / おもふと / 人の / とふまで」 (Inscription in top section)
  • 「局伊賀ハ新田の四天王篠塚の女にて / 吉野の皇居に仕えたる大力の夫人也或夏夜 / 園に出て涼ミしに松の梢に化鳥ありて / 局を呼ゆゑ汝ハ何者なりと問怪物答て / 我ハ藤原の仲成が後の身にて門院に恨みある者 / なりとさあらバ能に斗ひ得させんに早く立され / よといふ変化ハ是を聞て飛さりけり翌日より / 法華経を転読さる事七 / 日終に妖怪出る事なし後に / 楠正儀の室となる / 柳下亭種員筆記」 (Inscription in main image)
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
Associated objects
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.4680C-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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