Japanese Print "Kumogakure 雲隠 (Behind the Clouds) / Genji kumo shui 源氏雲拾遺 (Gleanings from the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese Print "Kumogakure 雲隠 (Behind the Clouds) / Genji kumo shui 源氏雲拾遺 (Gleanings from 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: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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