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A Moon-viewing Party with the Suma Koto in the Bedroom (Tsuki no en neya no sumagoto)


「月の宴閏須磨琴」
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
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.8 cm (14 5/8 × 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1324-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G477 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1324 (right), 00.1325 (left), 00.1326 (center)
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
一蕙斎芳幾画
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)