Image
Description
Maker
Ochiai Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904)
Omiya Kyusuke (Japanese), publisher
Horiko Sataro (Japanese), block carver
Title
Fuji-bakama, Chapter 30 from the Tale of Genji: The manservant Ranpei (Fuji-bakama; Yakko Ranpei)
Modern-style imitations of Genji
Imayo nazaroe Genji
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Plate: 35.2 x 20.3 cm (13 7/8 x 8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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[text and poems]
poem in title cartouche:
Onaji no no/tsuyu ni yatsururu/fujibakama/aware wa kakeyo/kagoto bakarimoHere is thoroughwort [fujibakama] laden with the very dews that soak your own field-O have pity on me, then, if only just to be kind
(Murasaki Shikibu, trans. Royall Tyler, The Tale of Genji (New York: Viking Penguin, 2001), p. 513)Signature: Signed in the block, LL | Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga
Seals: Artist's paulownia seal; engraver's seal | Horiko (carver) Sataro; censor's seal | aratame; date seal
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff
Object Number
85.197.6 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Omiya Kyusuke (Japanese), publisher
Horiko Sataro (Japanese), block carver
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