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「春色家賀多の獅子舞」
Spring Colors: Lion Dance at a Mansion (Shunshoku yakata no shishi-mai)
「春色家賀多の獅子舞」
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.8 cm (14 5/8 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1258-60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G120 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1258 (left), 00.1259 (right), 00.1260 (center)
Signed
Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国明画(年玉枠)
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutters' marks: Hori Ko-Kane (on right sheet), Hori Kane (on center sheet), Horikô Koizumi Kane (on left sheet)
改印：酉十二改
彫師：彫子兼 彫兼 彫工小泉兼
Blockcutters' marks: Hori Ko-Kane (on right sheet), Hori Kane (on center sheet), Horikô Koizumi Kane (on left sheet)
改印：酉十二改
彫師：彫子兼 彫兼 彫工小泉兼
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)