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風流雨夜の品定
A Fashionable Parody of the Comparison of Lovers on a Rainy Night (Fûryû amayo no shinasadame)
風流雨夜の品定
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.896
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G507 (no photo); Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #90 (complete triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych, with title on right sheet.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche; Kunihisa ga (on screen in background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、国久画
豊国画(年玉枠)、国久画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳五
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)