Excursion to Arashiyama in Kyoto (Kyôto Arashiyama yûran)

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Excursion to Arashiyama in Kyoto (Kyôto Arashiyama yûran)

「京都嵐山遊覧」

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), intercalary 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 × 75.6 cm (14 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1063-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G067 (no photo)

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1063 (right), 00.1064 (center), 00.1065 (left)

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画

Marks Censor's seal: intercalary 5 aratame [sic; no animal name]
No blockcutter's mark
改印：閏五改
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)