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今源氏錦絵合 「野分 二十八」
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Ch. 28, Nowaki, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「野分 二十八」
Japanese
Edo period (probably Meiji era reprint)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.6 × 18.2 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Charles E. Clark
Accession Number2019.1977.25
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-28 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20897
With number added: 11.20802, 11.20909, 11.20950
With number in circle: 01.5688, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.25 (Iseya ed.)
Album: 2019.1977.1-46 (a second edition published by Iseya Tatsugorô, from the same blocks as the original Sanoya Kihei edition)
Without number: 11.20897
With number added: 11.20802, 11.20909, 11.20950
With number in circle: 01.5688, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.25 (Iseya ed.)
Album: 2019.1977.1-46 (a second edition published by Iseya Tatsugorô, from the same blocks as the original Sanoya Kihei edition)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「ませのうちのはきなてしこもうちしをれあなはしたなの今朝の野わきや 上毛波志江 為忠」
ProvenanceBy 1897, Dr. Charles E. Clark, Lynn, MA; 1897, gift of Dr. Clark to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 2019)