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No. 8 [sic; actually 9], Aoi, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)


「紫式部げんじかるた あふひ 八 (=九)」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 × 24 cm (14 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15221
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #42-9; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G360 (no photos)
DescriptionMFA impressions (all with incorrect number 8): 11.15221, 11.21718, 11.44476, 11.44501
In the impression illustrated in the Kubo catalogue, the incorrect number "8" has been changed to "9."
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳二
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.