Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: Suetsumuhana - Genji Goju-yo Jo
Date: 1884.
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Description:
"Genji Goju-yo Jo" (Fifty-four Modern Feelings Alluded to the Tale of Genji). No.6. The word, Genji, is punned with the Tale of Genji. The popular Genji subjects were applied to the modern-day subjects. Prince Genji is watching the Koto player from behind the fence.
![Toyohara Kunichika: No. 6, Suetsumuhana, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc163252.jpg "Toyohara Kunichika: No. 6, Suetsumuhana, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô) - Museum of Fine Arts")