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今源氏錦絵合 「蛍 二十五」
Ch. 25, Hotaru, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「蛍 二十五」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5686
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-25 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20854, 11.20900, 11.20952
With number: 11.20838
With number in circle: 01.5686, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.21 (Iseya ed.)
Without number: 11.20854, 11.20900, 11.20952
With number: 11.20838
With number in circle: 01.5686, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.21 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「かすかなる蛍の火にも見ゆるまてつもる机のちりははつかし 浅舒庵詮村」