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TOYOKUNI Utagawa
FICHE 11461
(1769 - 1825)
Night Rain of Hahakigi (Hahakigi ya-u)
from the series The Tale of Genji
Woodcut in colours
A nice impression signed Toyokuni ga, Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô), censor's seal kiwame. The Tale of Genji is one of the Japan's most celebrated work of literature. Written by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting in the early eleventh-century imperial court, the tale recounts the amorous escapades of the "Shining Prince" Genji. In the top of the print, one can see a poem from the Chapter Hahakigi.
Sheet: chûban (260 x 190 mm.)
References: proofs are preserved in the British museum of London and in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: tired-out impression : faded colours, small tears in the edges and inside the image.
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