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「吾妻げんじ 見立五節句 睦月」
The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series The Five Festivals Represented by Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate gosekku)
「吾妻げんじ 見立五節句 睦月」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 76.4 cm (14 9/16 × 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.980-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G551-01 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.980 (center), 00.981 (right), 00.982 (left)
MFA impressions: 00.980-2, 11.17339-41
MFA impressions: 00.980-2, 11.17339-41
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
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)