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The Eleventh Month (Yukimizuki), from the series Genji in the Twelve Months (Genji jûnikagetsu no uchi)


源氏十二ヶ月之内 雪見月
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 50.8 cm (14 7/16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.767-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G334-11, pl. 46 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.767 (left sheet), 00.768 (right sheet)

Center and left sheets of incomplete diptych; title on missing right sheet.
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午二
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)