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今源氏錦絵合 「紅葉賀 七」
Requires Photography
Ch. 7, Momiji no ga, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「紅葉賀 七」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.2 × 17.7 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2011.975.7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-07 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5668, 11.20801, 11.20886, 11.20925, 2011.975.7, 2019.1977.31 (Iseya ed.)
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Album entitled Genji gajô: 2011.975.1-.108
源氏画帖
2011.975.1 to .54: Kunisada, The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase), complete chûban series
2011.975.55 to .102: Hiroshige II, Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei), complete chûban series
2011.975.103 to .108: Hirokage, fragments of six heavily trimmed ôban prints from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑五
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「物思ひのうたて色にや出ぬらむ袖うちふりしもみち葉のかけ 科野 長岡布留雄」
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 23, 2011)