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Ch. 29, Miyuki, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「行幸 廿九」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month
Object Place: Japan

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 Number01.5689
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-29 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5689, 11.20803, 11.20875, 11.20948, 2011.975.29, 2019.1977.16 (Iseya ed.)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑五
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Nagasu to mo/ oshimashi sakura/ momijiba o/ yatosu ôgi wa/ chirashishi kaze o
「流すともをしまし桜もみち葉をやとすあふきはちらしゝ風を  秩父小松」