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「春霞蜃気楼」
Mirage in Spring Mist (Harugasumi shinkirô)
「春霞蜃気楼」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 22.4 x 48 cm (8 13/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1785-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G374, pl. 210
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1785 (left), 00.1786 (center), 00.1787 (right)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥六改
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)