Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Pleasures of a Rainy Spring Evening (Harusame yutaka no yûbae)


「春雨豊夕栄(はるさめゆたかのゆふばえ)」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.3 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.960, 00.961, 00.1471
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 60-3
DescriptionTriptych: 00.960 (center), 00.961(right), 00.1471 (left)

MFA impressions: 00.960VR (00.960, 00.961, 00.1471), 17.3215.4 (left sheet), 11.43577a-c
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯十二
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)