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Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Fûryû Genji)


「風流源氏 雪の眺め」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.7 × 71.1 cm (13 11/16 × 28 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.924a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G550-02, pl. 234; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #156; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #94.7; Tanba 1965, #113
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1264 (center sheet only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39586a-c (complete triptych), 21.5917 (center sheet only), 47.25-7 (complete triptych), 2016.924a-c
Signed Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Hiroshige hitsu (on center sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's marks: Yokokawa Hori Take (on right and left sheets), Hori Take (on center sheet)
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:横川彫竹 彫竹
ProvenanceMarch 2, 2005, sold by Peter Gilder, Arts and Design of Japan, San Francisco, CA, to Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)