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今源氏錦絵合 「若菜下 三十五」
Ch. 35, Wakana no ge, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「若菜下 三十五」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 2nd month
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 17.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-35 (no photo); Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #13
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5694, 11.20788, 11.20871, 11.20938, 2011.975.35, 2019.1977.11 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅二
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「わきも子か手飼のとらのうそふきてうたておこさる恋風やなに 笠庵種吉」