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「其由縁花の祭礼」
Genji's Festival of Alluring Flowers (Sono yukari enka no sairei)
「其由縁花の祭礼」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.7 x 46.8 cm (8 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1963.6a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G377 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1963.6a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.38731a-c, 11.38840a-c (creped)
From an album of seven miscellaneous creped triptychs plus a printed title page added when the album was constructed, 00.1963.1 to 00.1963.8a-c.
The photograph shows one two-page spread in the album plus one following page with the third, leftmost sheet of the triptych.
From an album of seven miscellaneous creped triptychs plus a printed title page added when the album was constructed, 00.1963.1 to 00.1963.8a-c.
The photograph shows one two-page spread in the album plus one following page with the third, leftmost sheet of the triptych.
Signed
Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
一寿斎国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
一寿斎国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十二改
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)