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The Second Month (Kisaragi), from the series Genji in the Twelve Months (Genji jûnikagetsu no uchi)


源氏十二ヶ月之内 衣更着
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.6 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.897
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G334-02 (no photo)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 00.821 (right sheet), 00.828 (left sheet), 00.897 (left sheet), 11.43487a-c (complete triptych)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯正
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)