Mitsuuji Enjoys a Mushroom Hunt (Mitsuuji matsutake-gari no asobi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Mitsuuji Enjoys a Mushroom Hunt (Mitsuuji matsutake-gari no asobi)

Mitsuuji Enjoys a Mushroom Hunt (Mitsuuji matsutake-gari no asobi)

「光氏松茸狩之遊」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 75.5 cm (14 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.916, 00.979, 00.1075

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G279, pl. 174

DescriptionTriptych: 00.916 (left), 00.979 (center), 00.1075 (right)

Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌四改
彫師：なし

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)