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「蚕養草」
Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)
「蚕養草」
Utagawa Fusatane (Japanese, active 1854–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 74.5 cm (14 1/2 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1462-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G101 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1462 (left), 00.1463 (right), 00.1464 (center)
Signed
Ôju Fusatane ga (on right and left sheets), Fusatane ga (on center sheet)
応需房種画 房種画
応需房種画 房種画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Horikô Koizumi Kane (on right sheet), Horikô Ko-Kane (on center sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印：丑八改
彫師：彫工小泉兼 彫工子兼 彫兼
Blockcutter's marks: Horikô Koizumi Kane (on right sheet), Horikô Ko-Kane (on center sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印：丑八改
彫師：彫工小泉兼 彫工子兼 彫兼
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)