Ch. 18, Matsukaze, from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshû yojô) [pun on The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)]

「源氏後集余情　第十八の巻」　「源氏後集余情　松かせ」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.4 x 53 cm (15 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.927-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-18, pl. 122; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-19

DescriptionDiptych: 00.927 (left), 00.928 (right)

MFA impressions: 00.825 (left sheet only), 00.927-8, 00.1847a-b, 11.29818 (left sheet only)

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：午七
彫師：彫千之助

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)