43. Kōbai / The Rose Plum
Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (series title)
The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (series title)
| Accession Nr.: | 7729 |
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| Type: | print; woodblock print |
| Artist/Maker: | |
| Date of production: |
1852
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collected by Péter Vay |
| Signed: | Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche 豊国画(年玉枠) |
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| Marks: | Censor's seals (round): Fuku, Muramatsu (福、村松), date seal (oval): Rat, intercalary (子閏), publisher (bottom left corner): Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō) |
| Materials/Techniques: | paper, woodblock print |
| Dimensions: | height 26.6 cm width 18 cm |
[今源氏錦絵合, 紅梅]
Series of 54 sheets, date of production: 1852-1854.
Inventory numbers of the sheets in the series:
6814, 6815, 6822, 6831, 7692, 7693, 7694, 7695, 7696, 7697, 7698, 7699, 7700, 7701, 7702, 6812, 7703, 7704, 7705, 7706, 7707, 7708, 7709, 7710, 7711, 7712, 7713, 7714, 7715, 7716, 7717, 7718, 7719, 7720, 7721, 7722, 7723, 7724, 7725, 7726, 7727, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7731, 7732, 7733, 7734, 7735, 7736, 7737, 7738, 7739, 7740
Each page depicts a scene from Ryutei Tanehiko's Nise Murasaki's Inaka Genji, accompanied by a 31-syllable (mora) humorous Japanese poem called kyoka.
Inscription: 「ゆきの色にまかはぬ梅は残りなくきゆるをときと花さきにけり 二渡信経」
Series of 54 sheets, date of production: 1852-1854.
Inventory numbers of the sheets in the series:
6814, 6815, 6822, 6831, 7692, 7693, 7694, 7695, 7696, 7697, 7698, 7699, 7700, 7701, 7702, 6812, 7703, 7704, 7705, 7706, 7707, 7708, 7709, 7710, 7711, 7712, 7713, 7714, 7715, 7716, 7717, 7718, 7719, 7720, 7721, 7722, 7723, 7724, 7725, 7726, 7727, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7731, 7732, 7733, 7734, 7735, 7736, 7737, 7738, 7739, 7740
Each page depicts a scene from Ryutei Tanehiko's Nise Murasaki's Inaka Genji, accompanied by a 31-syllable (mora) humorous Japanese poem called kyoka.
Inscription: 「ゆきの色にまかはぬ梅は残りなくきゆるをときと花さきにけり 二渡信経」