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今源氏錦絵合 「蓬生 十五」
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Ch. 15, Yomogiu, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「蓬生 十五」
Japanese
Edo period (probably Meiji era reprint)
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st 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 Number2019.1977.39
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-15 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 01.5676, 11.20828, 11.20843, 11.20881, 11.20929, 2011.975.15, 2019.1977.39 (Iseya ed.)
Album: 2019.1977.1-46 (a second edition published by Iseya Tatsugorô, from the same blocks as the original Sanoya Kihei edition)
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, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「麻の如なほき心にへつらはて世をやつくさんよもきふの宿 千歌」
ProvenanceBy 1897, Dr. Charles E. Clark, Lynn, MA; 1897, gift of Dr. Clark to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 2019)