Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III
(Japan 1786–1865)
Utagawa KUNIHISA
(Japan 1832–1891)
- Title
- Genji enjoying the evening cool
- Alternative title:
- Genji nôryo no kei
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Year
- 1861
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut; ôban triptych
- Dimensions
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36.0 x 75.3cm overall:
a - right sheet; 36 x 25.5cm; image/sheet
b - centre sheet; 36 x 25cm; image
b - centre sheet; 36 x 25.5cm; sheet
c - left sheet; 36 x 25.1cm; image/sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed [right sheet; part a] l.r., [in cartouche] in Japanese, "Toyokuni-ga". Signed [centre sheet; part b] l.l., [in cartouche] in Japanese, "Toyokuni-ga". Signed [left sheet; part c] l.l., [in cartouche] in Japanese, "Toyokuni-ga".
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. James Hayes 2003
- Accession number
- 327.2003.a-c
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
'Genji: the world of the Shining Prince' by Khanh Trinh, pg. 28-31, Look Nov 2008, Nov 2008, 31 (colour illus.).
Khanh Trinh (Editor), Genji - the world of the Shining Prince, Sydney, 2008, cover (colour illus.), 36 (colour illus.). fig.17. The colour illus. on the cover is a detail of this work.
- Exhibition history (1)
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The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994.
