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「源氏香の図 匂宮（にほふみや）」
Niou no miya, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)
「源氏香の図 匂宮（にほふみや）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.9 × 18 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1573
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-42 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-43
DescriptionNo. 42 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Obotsukana/ tare ni towamashi/ ika ni shite/ hajime mo hate mo/ shiranu waga mi zo
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)