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今源氏錦絵合 「夕顔 四」
Ch. 4, Yûgao, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「夕顔 四」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5666
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-04 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20904, 11.20907, 11.20922
With number: 11.20798
With number in circle: 01.5666, 2011.975.4, 2019.1977.22 (Iseya ed.)
Without number: 11.20904, 11.20907, 11.20922
With number: 11.20798
With number in circle: 01.5666, 2011.975.4, 2019.1977.22 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「ふすふらていよ／＼白しかやり火の煙れる中の夕かほの花 浅石庵有門」