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「若紫年中行事之内 葉月」
The Eighth Month (Hazuki), from the series Annual Events for Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki nenjû gyôji no uchi)
「若紫年中行事之内 葉月」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (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; 35.6 x 73.4 cm (14 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.962-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G316-08 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.962 (left), 00.963 (center), 00.964 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.962-4 (complete), 11.45216a-b (two left sheets only)
MFA impressions: 00.962-4 (complete), 11.45216a-b (two left sheets only)
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 国貞改豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 国貞改豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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)