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「紫式部げんじかるた あふひ 八 （＝九）」
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）」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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."
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)
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
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.
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.