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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)

Four triptychs depicting Price Genji

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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Four triptychs depicting Price Genji
Four woodblock triptychs comprising:

1. A Fashionable Parody of the Comparison of Lovers on a Rainy Night (Furyu amayo no shinasadame), each sheet signed Toyokuni ga, the folding screen also signed Kunihisa ga (Utagawa Kunihisa II (1832–1891)), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), 1857, 5th month

2. Spring: Enjoying the Palace Garden (Haru, Gotei no yuran) from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi), each sheet signed Oju Toyokuni ga, published by Enshuya Matabei, 1847–52

3. Prince Genji and ladies picnicking under cherry trees beside a lake, titled Hana no utage Murasaki no omokage, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Moriya Jihei

4. That Familiar Figure with Flowers and Moon (Sono sugata yukari no kagetsu), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka), signed Ichiyusai Kuniteru ga, published by Joshuya Juzo / Jubei (Kinjudo), 1855, 5th month
Each a vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35.5 x 24.3 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

For another impression of the second in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.43517a-c, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/spring-enjoying-the-palace-garden-haru-gotei-no-y%C3%BBran-from-the-series-four-seasons-shiki-no-uchi-477498

For another impression of the fourth in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.36851a-c, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/that-familiar-figure-with-flowers-and-moon-sono-sugata-yukari-no-kagetsu-from-the-series-snow-moon-and-flowers-setsugekka-461525

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