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Tamakuzu's First Visit to the Muromachi Palace (Tamakuzu hajimete Muromachi e deru yosooi no zu)


「玉葛初て室町へ出る粧ひの図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.862
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G256 (no photo); Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #87 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of an incomplete triptych; 00.863 is the left sheet.
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午六
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)