Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Kumogakure 雲隠 (Behind the Clouds) / Genji kumo shui 源氏雲拾遺 (Gleanings from the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji) - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title: Kumogakure 雲隠 (Behind the Clouds) / Genji kumo shui 源氏雲拾遺 (Gleanings from 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 Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in red makeup as Matsugae Sekinosuke holding a knife in front of a lakeside teahouse. Poem inscribed above.

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