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「源氏 紅やふの賀」
Momiji no ga, Ch. 7 of The Tale of Genji (Genji Momiji no ga)
「源氏 紅やふの賀」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1730–35 (Kyôhô 15–20)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.7 x 16 cm (13 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5777
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G039 (no photo); Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #27 (described but not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.388, 21.5777
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
InscriptionsPoems:
Mono omou ni/ tachimaubeku mo/ aranu ni mo/ sode uchifurushi/ kokoro shiriki ya
Karabito no/ sode furu koto wa/ tôkeredo/ tashii ni tsukete/ aware to wa miki
Mono omou ni/ tachimaubeku mo/ aranu ni mo/ sode uchifurushi/ kokoro shiriki ya
Karabito no/ sode furu koto wa/ tôkeredo/ tashii ni tsukete/ aware to wa miki
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.