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「源氏香の図 夕顔」
Yûgao, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)
「源氏香の図 夕顔」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.7 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1535
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-04 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-5
DescriptionNo. 04 in the series.
MFA impressions: 11.22969, 2016.1535
MFA impressions: 11.22969, 2016.1535
Signed
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga
国貞改豊国画
国貞改豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Yorite koso/ sore ka to mo mime/ tasogare ni/ honobono mitsuru/ hana no yûgao
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)