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Ch. 27, Kagaribi, 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 第二十七の巻」 「源氏後集余情 篝火」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.6 x 52 cm (15 3/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.937-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-26, pl. 130; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 24
DescriptionDiptych: 00.937 (left), 00.938 (right)

MFA impressions: 00.937-8, 00.1856a-b, 11.29861-2
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午七
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)