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「源氏御祝言図」
Congratulations to Genji (Genji goshûgen no zu)
「源氏御祝言図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.7 x 46.8 cm (8 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1963.2a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 112-5; Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G273 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1963.2a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.41815a-c
From an album of seven miscellaneous creped triptychs plus a printed title page added when the album was constructed, 00.1963.1 to 00.1963.8a-c.
The photograph shows one two-page spread in the album plus one following page with the third, leftmost sheet of the triptych.
From an album of seven miscellaneous creped triptychs plus a printed title page added when the album was constructed, 00.1963.1 to 00.1963.8a-c.
The photograph shows one two-page spread in the album plus one following page with the third, leftmost sheet of the 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 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：松島彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：松島彫政
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)