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Ch. 22, Tamakazura, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「玉鬘 二十二」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 17.8 cm (10 1/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5683
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-22 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20847, 11.20901, 11.20935
With number: 11.20835
With number in circle: 01.5683, 2011.975.22
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「ひと方にさためかねけり行年をおしむかたへにはるもまたれて 甲斐市川 英賢」