album;
print;
copy
- Museum number
- 1973,0723,0.22
- Title
- Object: Ima Genji nishikie awase (An Assembly of Brocade Prints of Genji Today)
- Description
-
Album of 54 colour woodblock prints, one for each chapter in the Tale of Genji, illustrating modern scenes, each paired with a kyoka; plus one page of introductory text. Compare 1973,0723,0.21 (Album.45) in a slightly different impression and with less trimming.
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres
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Width: 17.90 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1973,0723,0.22
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1868,0722
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Other BM number: 16055.a.10 (previous British Library shelfmark)
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Other BM number: Album.46
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Other BM number: Or.59.b.10 (previous British Library shelfmark)
