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今源氏錦絵合 「横笛 三十七」
Ch. 37, Yokobue, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「横笛 三十七」
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; 25.7 x 17.9 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5696
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-37 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5696, 11.20790, 11.20869, 11.20940, 2011.975.37, 2019.1977.18 (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「さをしかのなくかときゝつ小萩原露にしめれる笛の遠音を 千鹿刀自」