Kagerō / The Drake Fly

Murasaki Shikibu Genji Karuta (series title)

Murasaki Shikibu Genji Karuta / 52.

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 7762
Type: print; woodblock print
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1857
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Signed: Baichōrō Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks: 改 "aratame" (examined) censor seal
date seal: snake 1 (巳十)
publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)
Materials/Techniques: paper, woodblock print
Dimensions: height 35 cm
width 24.5 cm
[紫式部げんじかるた, 蜻蛉]

Originally a series of 54 sheets.
This series is not complete, available pages by chapter number are the following: 1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53. The inventory numbers of the sheets belonging to the series are: 7286, 7747, 7748, 7749, 7750, 7751, 7289, 7283, 7752, 7753, 7290, 7284, 7754, 7287, 7755, 7285, 7756, 7757, 7292, 7758, 7288, 7759, 7291, 7760, 7761, 7762, 7293.