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「書分源氏明石浦の景」
Genji in Two Drawing Styles: View of Akashi Bay (Kakiwake Genji Akashi ura no kei)
「書分源氏明石浦の景」
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1222
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G539, pl. 246 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of an incomplete triptych; 00.1223 is the left sheet.
Joint image: 00.1222 (left), 00.1223 (right)
Joint image: 00.1222 (left), 00.1223 (right)
Signed
Kunichika hitsu; Hiroshige hitsu
国周筆、広重筆
国周筆、広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：巳七改
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：巳七改
彫師：なし
版元：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)