Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Fûryû Genji)

「風流源氏　雪の眺め」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 72.2 cm (14 1/16 x 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Accession Number47.25-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G550-02, pl. 234; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #156; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #94.7; Tanba 1965, #113

DescriptionTriptych: 47.25 (left), 47.26 (center), 47.27 (right)

MFA impressions: *06.1264 (center sheet only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39586a-c (complete triptych), 21.5917 (center sheet only), 47.25-7 (complete triptych), 2016.924a-c

Signed Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Hiroshige hitsu (on center sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)　広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's marks: Yokokawa Hori Take (on right and left sheets), Hori Take (on center sheet)
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：横川彫竹　彫竹

Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)