Japanese Print "Kocho 胡蝶 (No. 24 Butterflies) / Genji kumo ukiyoe awase 源氏雲浮世絵合 (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title:Kocho 胡蝶 (No. 24 Butterflies) / Genji kumo ukiyoe awase 源氏雲浮世絵合 (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)
Date:1845-1846
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Abe Yasuna in court robes waving his fan at two butterflies. Poem inscribed above.