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Eawase, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)


「源氏香の図 絵合」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.8 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1548
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-17 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-18
DescriptionNo. 17 in the series.

MFA impressions: *11.22978 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1548
Signed Kunisada aratame Nidaime Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代目豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Ukime mishi/ sono ori yori mo/ kyô wa mata/ suginishi kata ni/ kaeru namida ka
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)