Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880)
Genji and his female escort are observing the migration of the wild gees at lake Biwa during full moon.
Title: Katada rakugan (Descending Geese at Katada)
Series: Ômi hakkei no uchi (Eight views of Ômi)
Signature: Kunimasa aratame nisei Kunisada ga (Kunimasa, who changed his name to Toyokuni II)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô)
Censors: Muramatsu and Fukushima
Date: 1849-1851
Size: Oban triptych, 36,5 x 74 cm
Very nice impression, perfect colours, with relief printing. Single sheets not mounted, just at three points slightly put together. At upper left in the sky a few spots, some creases, throughout very good condition. A very picturesque Genji triptych with a wide open landscape shown.
MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll, No. 11.38995a-c.
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