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Catching Fireflies by the Uji River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ujikawa hotarugari no zu)


「山城宇治川蛍狩之図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Published by: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 73.3 cm (14 1/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.28-30
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #83; MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #145; Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), #39; Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G518 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 47.28 (left), 47.29 (center), 47.30 (right)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet); Hiroshige ga (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)  広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Mino (center sheet only)
改印:酉八改
彫師:彫工巳の
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)