No. 29 from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)
「其姿紫の写絵 廿九」
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G317-29, pl. 78
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 36.9 cm (9 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
11.15599
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.15599, 11.43358
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Markings
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection