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「紫式部げんじかるた 浮船 五十一」
No. 51, Ukifune, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)
「紫式部げんじかるた 浮船 五十一」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.5 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.795
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #42-51; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G360 (no photos)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.795, 11.21750, 11.44596
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)