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No. 2 from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)


「其姿紫の写絵 二」
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 ôban; 25.8 x 37.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5007.44
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G317-02, pl. 51; Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 42, cat. no. 35
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15597, *11.22940 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29347, 11.43331, 2009.5007.44

The left edge of this impression is concealed by the album binding.
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
彫師:なし