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Minori, No. 40 from the series Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)


「源氏五十四帖 御法 四十」 「七十六」ヵ
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1871 (Meiji 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban, 17.5 × 23.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number2019.1975.10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G478 (no photos)
Description"76" (?) printed in lower left margin.

Album: 2019.1975.1-16
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu
一恵斎芳幾筆
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未九改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 2019)