The Seventh Month (Fumizuki), from the series The Five Festivals Represented by Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate gosekku)

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The Seventh Month (Fumizuki), from the series The Five Festivals Represented by Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate gosekku)

「あつま源氏　見立五節句　文月」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 76.5 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.991-3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G551-04, pl. 25

DescriptionTriptych: 00.991 (center), 00.992 (left), 00.993 (right)

MFA impressions: 00.991-3, 11.43494a-c, 11.45201a-c

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

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯六
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)