Elegant Genji Viewing a Garden (Yasa Genji oniwa no yûran)

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Elegant Genji Viewing a Garden (Yasa Genji oniwa no yûran)

「やさげんじ御庭の遊覧御庭の遊覧」

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 × 74.9 cm (14 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.969, 00.1319, 00.1323

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G473, pl. 187 ("Nise Genji"); Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #97 ("Yasa Genji")

DescriptionTriptych: 00.969 (right), 00.1319 (left), 00.1323 (center)

Signed Yoshiiku ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
芳幾画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌六改
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)