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今源氏錦絵合 「少女 廿一」
Ch. 21, Otome, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「少女 廿一」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
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; 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Messrs. Kanakogi, Mitsutani, and Kawai
Accession Number01.5682
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-21 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5682, 11.20834, 11.20877, 11.20936, 2011.975.21, 2019.1977.17 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
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
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅二
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「池殿の色こきこひに餌をかへとまた世心はつかぬをとめ子 後李下斎松望」