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Ch. 46 [sic; actually 47], Agemaki, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「總巻 四十六(=四十七)」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
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; 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5704
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-46 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5704, 11.20815, 11.20866, 11.20960, 2011.975.46, 2019.1977.37 (Iseya ed.)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
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
Inscriptions「君と我おなし心による糸のたかためにとて今はみたれん 艶美閣久女」