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Summer: Enjoying the Cool of Evening at the Otonashi River in Ôji (Natsu, Ôji Otonashi-gawa yûsuzumi), from the series Four Seasons of Genji by Two Brushes (Genji gôhitsu shiki)


「源氏 合筆四季」 「夏 王子音無川夕すゝみ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 75.6 cm (14 11/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1175a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G552-02, pl. 238
Signed Kei ("Scenery") Hiroshige hitsu (on right sheet); Mae no jinbutsu ("Foreground Figures") Kiô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche (on center sheet); Kiô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche, Ushiro kei Hiroshige hitsu (on left sheet)
景 広重筆
まへの人物 喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)、うしろ景 広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Mino (center and left sheets)
改印:酉九改
彫師:彫工巳の
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)