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Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, (1835–1900)
Modern Times, 54 Chapters: Ch. 04, Yugao, c. 1884
Ink on Paper
13 1/2 in. x 9 in. (34.29 cm x 22.86 cm)

Object Type: Print

Technique: Wood-block Printing

Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)

Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures

Accession Number: 2006.1.36

Alternate Title: Genji Goju-yo Jo: Ch. 04, Yugao

Edition

Good impression.

Marks

Signed Toyohara kunichika, with seal "Toshidama."

Medium

Colored ink and mica on paper; woodlbock print, oban tate-e.

Object Description

Meiji period color woodblock print in which the word, Genji, is punned with the Tale of Genji. The popular Genji theme was applied to the contemporary scenery. Depicted in children's mealtime, in which all hell is breaking loose.

Publisher

Takekawa Seikichi.

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1880-1885, Children, Dining and Drinking, Genji