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今源氏錦絵合 「初音 二十三」
Ch. 23, Hatsune, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「初音 二十三」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
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; 25.6 x 17.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5684
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-23 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20911, 11.20954
With number: 11.20836, 11.20906
With number in circle: 01.5684, 2011.975.23, 2019.1977.20 (Iseya ed.)
Without number: 11.20911, 11.20954
With number: 11.20836, 11.20906
With number in circle: 01.5684, 2011.975.23, 2019.1977.20 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
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
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、子五
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「青柳のあをつゝらこのはなしかひ枝にむつるゝ庭のうくひす 陸奥羽田 守俊」