Wakamurasaki (Young Purple) from The Tale of Genji

1853

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: 1942.55
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Private Collection, New Haven, Conn.; gifted 1942 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Censors' seals: Hama (濱), Magome (馬込), Ox 1 No blockcutter's mark (丑正) 彫師：なし\r\nPublisher's seal: Sanoki (佐野喜)\r\ndatable from the seal

若紫　五\r\n\r\n「むさしのゝ　花むらさ起の　うら王可き　古能一もと尓　似る色者那し　(武蔵野の　花紫の　うら若き　この一もとに　似る色は無し)　富貴子」

Signed: Toyokuni-ga (豊國画)

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