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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)

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 (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
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; 16.1 x 33.3 cm (6 5/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19130
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Utsusemi ni/ mi o kaetekeru/ ko no moto ni/ nao hitogara no/ natsukashiki ka naProvenanceBy 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.
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about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
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about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
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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)
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Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Gatehouse (Genji Sekiya), no. 16 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Gatehouse (Genji Sekiya), no. 16 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Jeweled Chaplet (Genji Tamakazura), no. 22 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Jeweled Chaplet (Genji Tamakazura), no. 22 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Maiden (Otome), no. 21 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Maiden (Otome), no. 21 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
Group Shot: 21.7409- 21.7411
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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)
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