Advanced Search 
今源氏錦絵合 「空蝉 三」
Ch. 3, Utsusemi, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「空蝉 三」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5665
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-03 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5665, 11.20812, 11.20888, 11.20914, 2011.975.3, 2019.1977.13 (Iseya ed.), 2019.1977.33 (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, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Utsusemi no/ yo ni nukeidete/ natsukashiki/ hitogara ni koso/ hito mayoikere
「うつせみのよにぬけいてゝなつかしき人からにこそひとまよひけれ 熱田 正雄」
「うつせみのよにぬけいてゝなつかしき人からにこそひとまよひけれ 熱田 正雄」