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花紅葉祝の酒盛
Festive Drinking Party under Maple Leaves (Hanamomiji iwai no sakamori)
花紅葉祝の酒盛
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 50.4 cm (14 1/2 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.839-40
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G272 (no photo)
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.839 (right), 00.840 (left)
The title is on the missing right sheet.
The design is recycled from an earlier version with cherry blossoms instead of autumn leaves: 11.15882-4 (complete triptych)
The title is on the missing right sheet.
The design is recycled from an earlier version with cherry blossoms instead of autumn leaves: 11.15882-4 (complete triptych)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 5 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Ôta Hori Koma (on right sheet), Hori Koma (on left sheet)
改印：酉五改
彫師：太田彫駒 彫駒
Blockcutter's marks: Ôta Hori Koma (on right sheet), Hori Koma (on left sheet)
改印：酉五改
彫師：太田彫駒 彫駒
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)