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「初春之遊 紫万歳」
New Year Amusements: A Manzai Dance for Murasaki (Hatsuharu no asobi Murasaki manzai)
「初春之遊 紫万歳」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.3 × 72.9 cm (13 1/2 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3216.23-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G346 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 17.3216.23 (left), 17.3216.24 (center), 17.3216.25 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.38739a-c, 17.3216.23-5
MFA impressions: 11.38739a-c, 17.3216.23-5
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Kunisada ga (on left sheet
豊国門人国貞画 一寿斎国貞画 国貞画
豊国門人国貞画 一寿斎国貞画 国貞画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし