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Subject:Re: Japanese Woodblock Print
Posted By: Stan Wed, Oct 29, 2014
The artist is Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-80) (aka Kunimasa III, aka Toyokuni IV) signing as Kunisada II. The print is dated the 10th lunar month of a snake year or 1857. It is Chapter 27, Kagaribi, from the Series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji Kurata).
The Boston MFA has one here: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/no-27-kagaribi-from-the-series-lady-murasakis-genji-cards-murasaki-shikibu-genji-karuta-213632
Cheers,
Stan
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