The Second Month (Kisaragi), from the series Genji in the Twelve Months (Genji jûnikagetsu no uchi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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

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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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)