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「源氏香の図 若紫」
Wakamurasaki, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)
「源氏香の図 若紫」
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; 24.9 × 17.8 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1536
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-05 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-6
DescriptionNo. 05 in the series.
MFA impressions: *11.22970 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1536
MFA impressions: *11.22970 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1536
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: Te ni tsumite/ itsu shi ka mo mimu/ murasaki no/ ne ni kayoikeru/ nobe no wakakusa
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)