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「秋の夜虫ノ音聞図」
Listening to the Sounds of Insects on an Autumn Night (Aki no yoru mushi no oto o kiku zu)
「秋の夜虫ノ音聞図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.4 x 47.2 cm (8 7/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1797, 00.1798, 00.1811
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G512, pl. 227
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1797 (center), 00.1798 (right), 00.1811 (left)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and center sheets); Keshiki Kunihisa ga (Landscape by Kunihisa; on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 景色国久画
豊国画(年玉枠) 景色国久画
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Komakichi
改印：申正改
彫師：彫工駒吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Komakichi
改印：申正改
彫師：彫工駒吉
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)