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「春色紫の海望」
Spring Colors: A Sea View for Murasaki (Shunshoku Murasaki no kaibô)
「春色紫の海望」
Utagawa Fusatane (Japanese, active 1854–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 22.2 x 48.3 cm (8 3/4 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1813-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G098 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1813 (left), 00.1814 (center), 00.1815 (right)
Signed
Fusatane ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
房種画（年玉枠）
房種画（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十一改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十一改
彫師：彫巳の
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)