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Momiji no ga, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)


「源氏香の図 紅葉賀」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
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; 24.8 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1538
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-07 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-8
DescriptionNo. 07 in the series.

MFA impressions: *11.22971 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1538
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Mono omou ni/ tachimaubeku mo/ aranu ni mo/ sode uchifurushi/ kokoro shiriki ya
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)