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「美人庭遊び」
Beauties Enjoying Themselves in the Garden (Bijin niwa asobi)
「美人庭遊び」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1086
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G452 (no photo)
DescriptionTwo sheets of an incomplete triptych: 00.1084 (R), 00.1086 (L)
Title on 00.1806. The design is a continuation, to the right, of the triptych A Chinese-style Boating Party (Junkan funa-asobi), MFA 11.21389-91 and 11.36650a-c. Marks gives the publisher of this triptych as Sumiyoshiya Masagorô, the same as the "Boating Party" triptych, but the mark on the two MFA sheets is definitely Wakasaya; so either the complete hexaptych was originally co-produced by two publishers, or this is a second edition from somewhat worn blocks.
Title on 00.1806. The design is a continuation, to the right, of the triptych A Chinese-style Boating Party (Junkan funa-asobi), MFA 11.21389-91 and 11.36650a-c. Marks gives the publisher of this triptych as Sumiyoshiya Masagorô, the same as the "Boating Party" triptych, but the mark on the two MFA sheets is definitely Wakasaya; so either the complete hexaptych was originally co-produced by two publishers, or this is a second edition from somewhat worn blocks.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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)