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

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, 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳))

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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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.

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