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「春色酒中花あそび」
Colors of Spring: Playing with Flowers in the Wine Vat (Shunshoku shuchûka asobi)
「春色酒中花あそび」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Tatsu (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Tatsu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 × 75.7 cm (14 3/4 × 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1240-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G058 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1240 (center), 00.1241 (left), 00.1242 (right)
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画（年玉枠）
国周画（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tatsu (on right sheet)
改印：戌九改
彫師：彫辰
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tatsu (on right sheet)
改印：戌九改
彫師：彫辰
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)