Advanced Search
Advanced Search

A Visit to the Palace Garden (Oniwa no yûran), from the series (?) Modern Genji (Imayô Genji)


「今様源氏 御庭之遊覧」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) (Japanese, 1848–1920)
Publisher: Iseya Tatsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 × 46.9 cm (14 1/4 × 18 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1046, 00.1470
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not listed in Marks et al., Genji's World (2012)
DescriptionDiptych: 00.1046 (left), 00.1470 (right)
Signed Kunisada hitsu (on right sheet), Ôkô Kunisada hitsu (on left sheet); Monjin Kunimasa hojo (on left sheet)
国貞筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:巳三改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)