A female role actor with a scene of modern dress Genji behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

Selected images from this work

Genji parodies were very popular in the 1850s, many sets use the modern dress Genji as a theme (there are thirteen in this album)

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1852.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal and set title

Edo Murasaki, fifty-four leaves, this is number twenty-five 'Firefly'

The actor is drawn by Kunisada, the background by his pupil Kunitsuna

Wellcome Collection 36657i

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