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Concert Scene from Inaka Genji, from the series Eastern Magic Lantern Slides of a Charming Figure (Yasa sugata Azuma no utsushi-e)


やさすがたあづまのうつしゑ (田舎源氏)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.52.3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G315-03 (no photo); Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #75
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.43523a-c (complete triptych), RES.52.3 (left sheet only)
Signed Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga
国貞舎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし
Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.