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「四季のうち 牡丹の園今様源治」
A Modern Genji in the Peony Garden (Botan no en imayô Genji), from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)
「四季のうち 牡丹の園今様源治」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 × 75.7 cm (14 3/4 × 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1054-6
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G370-01 (no photo); Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #277
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1054 (center), 00.1055 (right), 00.1056 (left)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Sugawa Sennosuke hori
改印：酉四改
彫師：須川千之助彫
Blockcutter's mark: Sugawa Sennosuke hori
改印：酉四改
彫師：須川千之助彫
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)