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Evening Gathering, from the series Hanamurasaki and the Appearance of Genji (Hanamurasaki omokage Genji)


花紫俤源氏 夕暮れの屋敷
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 40 × 54.5 cm (15 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3213.23-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G362-02 (no photo; title read as "Hana yukari omokage Genji"); complete triptych: https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/bunko30/bunko30_b0382/index.html
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 17.3213.23 (right), 17.3211.24 (left)

Right and center sheets of incomplete triptych; series title on left sheet.
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches (on each sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師:なし