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Ch. 14, Miotsukushi, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「澪標 十四」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5675
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-14 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5675, 11.20827, 11.20853, 11.20883, 11.20930, 2011.975.14, 2019.1977.28 (Iseya ed.)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑正
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Sumi no e no/ hamabe ni tateru/ himekomatsu/ chiyo no sakaewa/ kami no manimani
「すみの江の浜辺にたてる姫こまつ千代のさかえは神のまに/\ 美喜児」