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「其由縁廓里曙」
That Romantic Figure in the Licensed Quarter at Dawn (Sono yukari kuruwa no akebono)
「其由縁廓里曙」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 76.6 cm (14 1/2 × 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1060-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G061 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1060 (center), 00.1061 (right), 00.1062 (left)
MFA impressions: 00.1060-2, 00.1963.5a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.41861a-c (creped)
MFA impressions: 00.1060-2, 00.1963.5a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.41861a-c (creped)
Signed
Ichibai Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet); Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on center and left sheets)
一梅国周画(年玉枠) 国周画(年玉枠)
一梅国周画(年玉枠) 国周画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥五改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥五改
彫師：彫太田多七
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)