Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Ch. 46, Shiigamoto, from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshû yojô) [pun on The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)]


「源氏後集余情 四十六の巻」 「源氏後集余情 椎か本」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 50.7 cm (14 7/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1853a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-36, pl. 140; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-34
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.18534a-b, 11.29839-40
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未正改
彫師:横川彫竹
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 5, 1900)