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Zen'aku shikiyoku nidô (The Twin Paths of Good and Evil, Form and Desire)


善悪色欲二道
Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Author: Rakutei Saiba (Japanese, 1799–1858)
Publisher: Hon'ya Matasuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4, in colophon); preface dated 1849

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 11.9 cm (7 1/16 x 4 11/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2019.1149
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Author: Rakutei Saiba saku; Artist: Utagawa Kuniteru ga
楽亭西馬作; 歌川国輝画
Provenance2019, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)