Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

1786-1865

Genji's Pleasures in the Garden during Cherry Blossom Season
(Sakura Genji niwa yukyo)

each sheet signed nanajukyu-sai (79 years old) Toyokuni hitsu, with publisher's seal Kinkyu (Omiya Kyujiro of Kiyudo), and censor's date seal Saru-ichi, aratame (year of the monkey [1864], 1st month, approved)

oban tate-e triptych 14 3/4 by 29 1/8 in., 37.4 by 74 cm

Reference:
Andreas Marks, Genji's World in Japanese Prints,, 2012, p. 264. no. G286

(inv. no. 10-5349)

price: $1,800