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- Museum number
- 2008,3037.17425
- Title
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Object: Hotaru 螢 (No. 25 Fireflies)
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Series: Genji kumo ukiyoe awase 源氏雲浮世絵合 (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)
- Description
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Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Tamiya Iemon with his servant Akiyama Chobei, a woman behind them, her shadowing revealing her true form as the ghost of his murdered wife Oiwa. Poem inscribed above.
- Production date
- 1845-1846
- Dimensions
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Height: 36.80 centimetres
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Width: 24.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See:- Robinson, 1982, S45; Each of the fifty-four chapters of The Tale of Genji is named and is associated with a crest called a 'Genji-mon'. In this series, each of the first fifty-four prints portray various scenes from history, legend, and literature that are suggested by a specific chapter of the novel and the appropriate Genji-mon is shown in the upper left cartouche with a poem. This series consists of one design for each of the fifty-four chapters and six supplementary designs.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Genji monogatari
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3037.17425
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 17425 (Miller Collection number)
