Toyohara Kunichika

1835-1900

A Related Watching the Shape of the Moon
(Sono yukari tsuki no sugata mi)

each sheet signed Kunichika ga with artist's Toshidama seal, carver's seal of Katada Chojiro, publisher's seal To, Enhiko (Enshuya Hikobei), and censor's date seal Ushi-go, aratame (year of the ox [1865], fifth month, approved)

oban tate-e triptych 14 5/8 by 29 1/4 in., 37.1 by 74.2 cm

Reference:
Andreas Marks, Genji's World in Japanese Woodblock Prints, 2012, Appendix I, p. 259, G066

(inv. no. 10-5348)

price: $1,600