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Winter Writing, a Precious Letter (Yuki no fumi yukari no tamazusa)


「雪の文由縁玉章(ゆきのふみゆかりのたまづさ)」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21 x 46.8 cm (8 1/4 x 18 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1828-30
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G471, pl. 260
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1828 (center), 00.1829 (right), 00.1830 (left)
Signed Keisai Yoshiiku ga (on right sheet), Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (on center and left sheets)
恵斎芳幾画 一恵斎芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
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)