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「源氏香の図 朝顔」
Asagao, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)
「源氏香の図 朝顔」
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; 24.9 × 17.9 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1551
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-20 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-21
DescriptionNo. 20 in the series.
MFA impressions: *11.22981 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1551
MFA impressions: *11.22981 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1551
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidaime Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代目豊国画
国貞改二代目豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Mishi ori no [=mo]/ tsuyu wasuraremu/ asagao no/ hana no sakari wa/ sugi ya shinuran
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)