3. Utsusemi / The Shell of the Locust
Ima Genji Nishiki-e Awase (series title)
The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (series title)
| Accession Nr.: | 6822 |
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| Type: | print; woodblock print |
| Artist/Maker: | |
| Date of production: |
1853
Edo (Tokugawa) period |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collected by Péter Vay |
| Signed: | Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche 豊国画(年玉枠) |
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| Marks: | Censor's seals (round): Hama, Magome (浜、馬込, date seal (oval): Ox 1 (丑正), publisher (white cartouche): Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō) |
| Materials/Techniques: | paper, woodblock print |
| Dimensions: | height 26.6 cm width 18 cm |
[今源氏錦絵合, 空蝉]
Series of 54 sheets, date of production: 1852-1854.
Inventory numbers of the sheets in the series:
6814, 6815, 6822, 6831, 7692, 7693, 7694, 7695, 7696, 7697, 7698, 7699, 7700, 7701, 7702, 6812, 7703, 7704, 7705, 7706, 7707, 7708, 7709, 7710, 7711, 7712, 7713, 7714, 7715, 7716, 7717, 7718, 7719, 7720, 7721, 7722, 7723, 7724, 7725, 7726, 7727, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7731, 7732, 7733, 7734, 7735, 7736, 7737, 7738, 7739, 7740
Each page depicts a scene from Ryutei Tanehiko's Nise Murasaki's Inaka Genji, accompanied by a 31-syllable (mora) humorous Japanese poem called kyoka.
Inscription: Utsusemi no/ yo ni nukeidete/ natsukashiki/ hitogara ni koso/ hito mayoikere
「うつせみのよにぬけいてゝなつかしき人からにこそひとまよひけれ 熱田 正雄」
Series of 54 sheets, date of production: 1852-1854.
Inventory numbers of the sheets in the series:
6814, 6815, 6822, 6831, 7692, 7693, 7694, 7695, 7696, 7697, 7698, 7699, 7700, 7701, 7702, 6812, 7703, 7704, 7705, 7706, 7707, 7708, 7709, 7710, 7711, 7712, 7713, 7714, 7715, 7716, 7717, 7718, 7719, 7720, 7721, 7722, 7723, 7724, 7725, 7726, 7727, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7731, 7732, 7733, 7734, 7735, 7736, 7737, 7738, 7739, 7740
Each page depicts a scene from Ryutei Tanehiko's Nise Murasaki's Inaka Genji, accompanied by a 31-syllable (mora) humorous Japanese poem called kyoka.
Inscription: Utsusemi no/ yo ni nukeidete/ natsukashiki/ hitogara ni koso/ hito mayoikere
「うつせみのよにぬけいてゝなつかしき人からにこそひとまよひけれ 熱田 正雄」