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Mitsuuji and Ladies Looking at Kimono


着物を見る光氏と貴婦人達
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.2 cm (14 5/8 x 30 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.918a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G185 (no photo; Izutsuya edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.918a-c (Kiya edition, later), 11.43556a-c (Izutsuya edition), 11.45196a-c (Izutsuya edition)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and center sheets)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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)