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「若紫年中行事之内 睦月」
The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series Annual Events for Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki nenjû gyôji no uchi)
「若紫年中行事之内 睦月」
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; 36 x 73.7 cm (14 3/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.970-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G316-01, pl. 43
DescriptionTriptych: 00.970 (center), 00.971 (right), 00.972 (left)
This edition has the same signature on each sheet.
MFA impressions: 00.970-2 (different edition?), 11.15229VR (11.15229, 11.15756, 11.15757), 11.29885VR (11.29885, 11.45213a-b), 11.45192a-c, 11.45200a-c
This edition has the same signature on each sheet.
MFA impressions: 00.970-2 (different edition?), 11.15229VR (11.15229, 11.15756, 11.15757), 11.29885VR (11.29885, 11.45213a-b), 11.45192a-c, 11.45200a-c
Signed
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
国貞舎豊国画
国貞舎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
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)