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Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Nishikata mikuniyama heidayū edosaki genji, Shunsh Katsukawa

Nishikata mikuniyama heidayū edosaki genji, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows west side wrestlers Edosaki Genji (left) and Mikuniyama Heidayū. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nis... More

Genji monogatari 54 Andō Hiroshige

Genji monogatari 54 Andō Hiroshige

Japanese print showing scene from Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji with elaborately dressed woman and man separated by a screen. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Hiroshige I was alive in 1852. It is less likely that t... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Jūshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan (Genji Monogatari)

Jūshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan (Genji Monogatari)

Print is illustration number 14 from a series of pictures depitcting scenes possibly from the tale of Genji, showing three figures, courtesans or geshia and members of the nobility, in a building. Title and oth... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Floating bridge of dreams. The poem in the image is a pun on the last chapter of Genji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa kikunojō no hashihime (Genji Monogatari)

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa kikunojō no hashihime (Genji Monogatari)

Print shows Segawa Kikunojō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing in front of a screen, facing front, in an onnagata role portraying Hashihime (Lady at the Bridge, chapter 45 of the Tale of Genji). Title an... More

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Genji Monogatari Emaki - Yume no ukihashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Floating bridge of dreams. The poem in the image is a pun on the last chapter of Genji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Maboroshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Maboroshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men and two women sitting on the ground staring in disbelief at a wizard with an attendant floating on a cloud; corresponds to chapter 41 of the Tale of Genji. Title and other descriptive inform... More

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Jūshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan (Genji Monogatari)

Jūshi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan (Genji Monogatari)

Print is illustration number 14 from a series of pictures depitcting scenes possibly from the tale of Genji, showing three figures, courtesans or geshia and members of the nobility, in a building. Title and oth... More