Utsusemi from the series Lessons from the Genji Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798–1861)
Calligrapher: Ryukatei Tanekazu (Japanese, 1807–1858)

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

framed: 20 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (52 × 41 cm)
sheet: 14 × 9 7/16 in. (35.6 × 24 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John F. O'Brien

Accession Number

2017.50.33

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

John F. O'Brien, Mt. Pleasant, SC; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 20
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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Inscriptions

Round seal undecipherable; publisher seal Maruya Jinpachi ? \r\nUtsusemi, Jun Genji kyokun zue (pictures from the lesson series from the Tale of Genji). A haiku or kyoka (crazy poem) reads: hatsusemi ya/ kino...koromo/ nugisutete.\r\nはつせみや 樹乃??衣 脱ぎ捨てて

Signed

Chooro Kuniyoshi ga; Ryukatei Tanekazu? ki

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