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「源氏後集余情 第五十一巻」 「源氏後集余情 うきふね」
Ch. 51, Ukifune, 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 第五十一巻」 「源氏後集余情 うきふね」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.3 x 52.8 cm (15 1/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.929-30
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-38, pl. 142; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-36
DescriptionDiptych: 00.929 (left), 00.930 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.929-30, 11.15529VR (11.15529, 11.29819), 11.29826VR (11.29826, 11.29842)
MFA impressions: 00.929-30, 11.15529VR (11.15529, 11.29819), 11.29826VR (11.29826, 11.29842)
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: Horse 2
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午二
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午二
彫師：横川彫竹
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)