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「源氏後集余情 廿二のまき」 「源氏後集余情 玉かつら」
Ch. 22, Tamakazura, 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 廿二のまき」 「源氏後集余情 玉かつら」
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
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.3 x 53 cm (15 1/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.941-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-21, pl. 125; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-22; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 23
DescriptionDiptych: 00.941 (right), 00.942 (left)
MFA impressions: 00.941-2, 11.29847-8, 11.29863VR (11.29863, 11.41030)
MFA impressions: 00.941-2, 11.29847-8, 11.29863VR (11.29863, 11.41030)
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: Goat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未正改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未正改
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)