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「源氏紅やふの賀」
Momiji no ga, Ch. 7 of The Tale of Genji (Genji Kôyô no ga)
「源氏紅やふの賀」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1730–35 (Kyôhô 15–20)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color added later
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.9 x 15.5 cm (12 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.388
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #27 (described but not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.388, 21.5777
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
InscriptionsPoems:
Mono omou ni/ tachimaubeku mo/ aranu ni mo/ sode uchifurushi/ kokoro shiriki ya
Karabito no/ sode furu koto wa/ tôkeredo/ tashii ni tsukete/ aware to wa miki
Mono omou ni/ tachimaubeku mo/ aranu ni mo/ sode uchifurushi/ kokoro shiriki ya
Karabito no/ sode furu koto wa/ tôkeredo/ tashii ni tsukete/ aware to wa miki
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross