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No. 25, Hotaru, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)


「紫式部げんじかるた ほたる 廿五」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical oban; 35.3 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44485
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #42-25; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 52; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G360 (no photos)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21705, 11.44485, 11.44504
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十
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: January 19, 2005)

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.