/internal/media/dispatcher/1137839/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5663E459D26022E5F00AFDA301AEE65FIllustration from the book Kōshoku Edo Murasaki (A Love Tale of the Purple of Edo)about 1686 (Jōkyō 3)Furuyama MoroshigeTwo pages; 18.2 × 25.8 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.)Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow CollectionRES.09.314.130Two illustrations from the same book: RES.09.314.12 and RES.09.314.13
The handscroll numbered RES.09.314.1 to .19 contains:
Set of eleven hand-colored horizontal ôban prints by Sugimura Jihei; the print numbered 8 in the Izzard catalogue is missing.
On the back of the first three prints, two double-page book illustrations, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).Prints18.20000000000.000000000054077601