Diptych from the Rustic Genji series <i>A comparison of Edo Murasaki figures</i> (<i>Edo Murasaki sugata kurabe</i> - 江戸紫姿競 - 第二)
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Diptych from the Rustic Genji series A comparison of Edo Murasaki figures (Edo Murasaki sugata kurabe - 江戸紫姿競 - 第二)

Print

08/1852
20 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊國画)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō
(Marks 192 - seal 25-292)
Censors: Kinugasa and Murata
Date seal: 8/1852
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
National Diet Library - the right-hand panel
Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm - right-hand panel
Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm - left-hand panel
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden) via Ritsumeikan University - right-hand panel only
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden) via Ritsumeikan University - left-hand panel only
National Diet Library - the left-hand panel
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - right-hand panel only Kunisada.de shows 7 of the prints in this series, including this one. It would appear that there were 8 in all.

There is another copy of this diptych in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden (RV-1353-1529bis-a and RV-1353-1529bis-a).
Jōshūya Kinzō (上州屋金蔵) (publisher)
Genji related prints (Genji-e - 源氏絵) (genre)