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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Azumaya

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher

Title

Azumaya
Lasting impressions of a late Genji collection
Genji goju yojo

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1858.12

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 37.2 x 25.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center/right in pencil: n.580 ICB46

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1407

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers
Literary and Narrative Traditions in Japanese Prints
Sep 06, 2002 – Dec 01, 2002

Label copy

Prince Genji is the hero of the great early eleventh-century Japanese novel of courtly life, The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu. From the late 1820s on, Kunisada designed variations of the Genji theme based upon an extensively reworked version of the text called “the rustic Genji.” This print is probably a later impression of a series that Kunisada designed toward the end of his life.

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Tombstone

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Azumaya; Lasting impressions of a late Genji collection; Genji goju yojo, 1858.12
Polychrome woodblock print with gold leaf
Image: 37.2 x 25.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1407

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