Ukifune, from the series Twelve Seasons of Genji (Genji jûni kô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Ukifune, from the series Twelve Seasons of Genji (Genji jûni kô)

Ukifune, from the series Twelve Seasons of Genji (Genji jûni kô)

「源氏十二候　浮船」

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.113

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #20.1 (no photo); other prints in the series: cat. nos. 222-5

Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆

Marks No censor's seal

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)