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A Lucky New Year Dream of a Mouse Wedding


鼠の嫁入りの初夢
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792 (Kansei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 75.9 cm (14 7/16 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7801-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #114 (C only); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections, Beres Collection (1991), pl. 92
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7801 (left), 21.7802 (center), 21.7803 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.13824-6, 21.7801-3
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.