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The Tale of Genji: Flares (Genji Kagaribi), no. 27 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: Flares (Genji Kagaribi), no. 27 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)

The Tale of Genji: Flares (Genji Kagaribi), no. 27 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)

Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Izumiya Gonshirô (Japanese)
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied and stenciled color and metallic powder
DimensionsHorizontal hosoban; 16.5 x 33.8 cm (6 1/2 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.13334
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 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.
Actors Tamazawa Rin'ya and Sakata Hangorô I
Actors Tamazawa Rin'ya and Sakata Hangorô I
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1723 (Kyôhô 8)
Ono no Komachi, Left Sheet (Hidari), from the triptych Three Queens of Japanese Poetry (Waka sankô)
Ono no Komachi, Left Sheet (Hidari), from the triptych Three Queens of Japanese Poetry (Waka sankô)
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1740
Cherry Blossoms of Love (Koi-zakura): Actor as Yaoya Oshichi
Cherry Blossoms of Love (Koi-zakura): Actor as Yaoya Oshichi
Torii Kiyomasu II
1720s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple (Shimizu Komachi), No. 3 from the series Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1735–40 (Kyôhô 20–Genbun 5)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Komachi and the Suitor (Kayoi Komachi), No. 4 from the series Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1735–40 (Kyôhô 20–Genbun 5)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Parrot Komachi (Ômu Komachi), No. 6 from the series Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1735–40 (Kyôhô 20–Genbun 5)
The Tale of Genji: The Paulownia Court (Genji Kiritsubo), no. 1 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Paulownia Court (Genji Kiritsubo), no. 1 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: A Rack of Cloud (Genji Usugumo), no. 19 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: A Rack of Cloud (Genji Usugumo), no. 19 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: Heartvine (Genji Aoi), no. 9 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: Heartvine (Genji Aoi), no. 9 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Shell of the Locust (Genji Utsusemi), no. 3 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Shell of the Locust (Genji Utsusemi), no. 3 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Broom Tree (Genji Hahakigi), no. 2 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Broom Tree (Genji Hahakigi), no. 2 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Wind in the Pines (Genji Matsukaze), no. 18 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Wind in the Pines (Genji Matsukaze), no. 18 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)