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「今様源氏之内 月 鵜かひの夜遊宴」
Moon (Tsuki): Night Party with Cormorant Fishing (Ukai no yoru yûen), from the series Modern Genji (Imayô Genji no uchi)
「今様源氏之内 月 鵜かひの夜遊宴」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 × 50.7 cm (14 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.853-4
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G053 (no photo)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.853 (right), 00.854 (left)
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Kachôrô Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on left sheet)
国周画(年玉枠）
国周画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
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)