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)
Artist/Culture
Nishikawa Sukenobu
(Japanese, 1671 – 1750)
Date1731
Mediumwoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions21 x 32.4 cm (8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Frederick W. Gookin
Object number1933.169
DescriptionDouble-page book illustrationLabel TextIllustration 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.
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