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Ch. 53, Tenarai: Takumi no kami Tôfû, from the series Modern Parodies of Genji (Imayô nazorae Genji)


「今様擬源氏 五十三 手ならひ 内匠頭道風」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 × 23.4 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41138
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G474 (no photos)
Signed Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga; Gengyo (on inset)
朝霞楼芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Satarô ?
改印:子四改
彫師:彫工佐太郎
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.