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Ch. 11, Hanachirusato, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)


今源氏錦絵合 「花散里 十一」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 17.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5672
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-11 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5672, 11.20824, 11.20934, 2011.975.11, 2019.1977.43 (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「ほとゝきすきゝもきかすもうかれめはぬしさたまらぬ恋そつねなる 東田舎」