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Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)


「源氏君鵜飼御遊之図(げんじのきみうかひきよゆうのづ)」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.858
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G062-04 (no photo)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych. Left sheet: 00.838
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Mino
改印:子二改
彫師:彫工巳の
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)