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「花紫俤源氏」 鵜飼
Cormorant Fishing, from the series Hanamurasaki and the Appearance of Genji (Hanamurasaki omokage Genji)
「花紫俤源氏」 鵜飼
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.4 × 50.5 cm (14 3/4 × 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.859-60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G362-01 (no photo; title read as "Hana yukari omokage Genji")
DescriptionDiptych: 00.859 (right), 00.860 (left)
Left and center sheets of incomplete triptych.
Right sheet is in Birmingham Museum of Art: https://www.artsbma.org/collection/beauties-writing-poetry/
Left and center sheets of incomplete triptych.
Right sheet is in Birmingham Museum of Art: https://www.artsbma.org/collection/beauties-writing-poetry/
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on left sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
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)