FICHE 14722
(1786 - 1865)
[Scene from Genji, women lighting a fire]
Woodcut in colours
1851
Impression on Japan paper, signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e). Publisher : Izumiya Ichibei. Censors' seals Kinugasa, Murata.
Sheet: horizontal ôban (245 x 363 mm.)
Reference: an impression is preserved int the MFA of Boston.
Condition: fine impression with margins, laid on thick Japan paper.