Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: Sakaki - 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.10. The word, Genji, is punned with the Tale of Genji. The popular Genji subjects were applied to the modern-day subjects. Prince Genji is in front of a small shito shrine and asks a Miko, a shrine maiden, to display Shinto ornaments on the altar.
![Toyohara Kunichika: No. 10, Sakaki, 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/sc187889.jpg "Toyohara Kunichika: No. 10, Sakaki, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô) - Museum of Fine Arts")