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No. 52, Kagerô, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)


「紫式部げんじかるた かげろふ 五十二」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 24.4 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44597
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #42-52 (with correct title Kagerô); the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G360 (no photos)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21724 (with incorrect title Ukifune), 11.44597 (with correct title Kagerô)
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
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.