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今源氏錦絵合 「桐壺 一」
Ch. 1, Kiritsubo, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「桐壺 一」
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; 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5663
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-01 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5663, 11.20809, 11.20858, 11.20890, 2011.975.1, 2019.1977.1
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
Inscriptions「露にふし風にみたれて宮城野のこはきはさそなしつ心なき 在市川 重隆」