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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

No. 21 from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)


「其姿紫の写絵 廿一」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal oban; 25.7 x 36.5 cm (10 1/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29310
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G317-21, pl. 70
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15568, *11.29310 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.29319 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29328, 11.43350
Signed Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga
国貞舎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
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.