Japanese Print "Yugao from the Genji Monogatari (Genji Yugao no Kimi) )-double-page illustration from volume I (sheet 4-5) of the book Ehon Tokiwa-gusa (Picture Book of Evergreens)" by Nishikawa Sukenobu
Artist:Nishikawa Sukenobu
Title:Yugao from the Genji Monogatari (Genji Yugao no Kimi) )-double-page illustration from volume I (sheet 4-5) of the book Ehon Tokiwa-gusa (Picture Book of Evergreens)
Date:1731
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Double-page book illustration. Illustration from vol. I of Ehon Tokiwagusa (A Picture Book of Evergreens); signed sakusha gako (author and conceiver) Bunkado Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1751); carvers Fujimura Zen'emon and Murakami Gen'emon of Osaka; preface dated 1730 (Kyoho 15); issued by Morita Shotaro of Osaka in the 8th month 1731 (Kyoho 16). The court lady Rokujo, one of the characters in the "Genji Monogatari," is shown standing in a room in her dwelling, and another court lady, presumable an attendant, stand close to one side of the room.
