Japanese Print "Looking for Singing Insects - Genji Goju-yo Jo" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Looking for Singing Insects - Genji Goju-yo Jo
Date:1884.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Genji Goju-yo Jo" (Fifty-four Modern Feelings). No.38, "Suzumushi". The word, Genji, is punned with the Tale of Genji. The popular Genji subjects were applied to the modern-day subjects. Two ladies are looking for the singing insects (Suzumushi) in early autumn.
![Japanese Print "No. 38, Suzumushi, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)" by Toyohara Kunichika, 豊原国周 (Toyohara Kunichika)](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc163253.jpg "No. 38, Suzumushi, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)")
![Japanese Print "No. 38, Suzumushi, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)" by Toyohara Kunichika, 豊原国周 (Toyohara Kunichika)](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc152527.jpg "No. 38, Suzumushi, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)")
