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「源氏姿涼の図」
Portrait of Genji Enjoying the Evening Cool (Genji sugata suzumi no zu)
「源氏姿涼の図」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th 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 Number00.1963.7a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G390 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1963.7a-c (creped, mounted in album), 11.38839a-c (creped)
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 preceding page with the first, rightmost 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 preceding page with the first, rightmost sheet of the triptych.
Signed
Kunisada hitsu (on right sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on center and left sheets)
国貞筆 梅蝶楼国貞筆
国貞筆 梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑五改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑五改
彫師：彫巳の
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1900)