Advanced Search
Advanced Search

A Modern Beauty Compared to the Genji Story (Imayô bijin Genji mitate); photograph of a young woman, with reproduction of No. 1, Kiritsubo, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)


「(今様美人源氏見立)五拾四帖ノ内(桐つぼ)其一」 絵葉書 (紫式部源氏かるた 桐つぼ 壱)
Japanese
Late Meiji–Taishô era
early 20th century
Place of Creation: Japan

Medium/Technique Collotype; color lithograph; ink on card stock
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards
Accession Number2002.7528
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga
Marks snake 1
Provenanceex. Jaeger Collection

Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).