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Ch. 28, Nowaki, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「野分 二十八」
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; 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5688
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-28 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20897
With number added: 11.20802, 11.20909, 11.20950
With number in circle: 01.5688, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.25 (Iseya ed.)
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「ませのうちのはきなてしこもうちしをれあなはしたなの今朝の野わきや 上毛波志江 為忠」