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「月夜乃たわむれ」
Amusements on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no tawamure)
「月夜乃たわむれ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 76.8 cm (14 3/8 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper
Accession Number54.1530-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 39
DescriptionTriptych: 54.1530 (left), 54.1531 (center), 54.1532 (right)
MFA impressions: 54.1530-2, 11.21407-9
MFA impressions: 54.1530-2, 11.21407-9
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)