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(無題: 源氏物語絵)
Untitled album of prints of The Tale of Genji
(無題: 源氏物語絵)
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1730s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock prints, mounted in album; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Album page: 16.7 x 23.5 cm (6 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.788
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G040 (no photo); Nakamachi, "Genji Pictures," in Envisioning the Tale of Genji (2008), fig. 36 (Fujibakama); Tokugawa Art Mus., Kaiga de tsuzuru Genji monogatari (2005), #65 (photos of Usugumo, Tokonatsu, Agemaki)
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 23, 2011)