Utagawa Kunisada II, The tale of Genji, Chapter 31 "MAKIBASHIRA".
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#108035931
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Ukiyo-e(Story)
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Utagawa Kunisada II
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24.5cm 9 3/4"
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36cm 14 1/4"
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"Murasaki Shikibu ; Genji Karuta" "Painted by Baichourou Kunisada II" "Published by Koueidou"
The subject of this print is "MAKIBASHIRA" or "Handsome Pillar", Chapter 31 of GENJI MONOGATARI (The Tale of Genji).
This artwork is drawing of The Tale of Genji in the form of so-called "Karuta". The pattern of the ukiyoe that is not "Yamato-e" attracts attention. The content is followed The Tale of Genji. However, clothes of the person who appears in each scene are far with the one at the Heian era that is the stage of The Tale of Genji. And, customs in Edo period are considered and it is humorous.
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker, one of three to take the name "Utagawa Kunisada."
A pupil of Utagawa Kunisada I, he signed much of his early work "Baidō Kunimasa III." He took the name Kunisada after marrying his master's eldest daughter in 1846. He changed his name once more following his master's death, to Toyokuni III. However, since there were three artists called Toyokuni before him, Kunisada II is now often known as Toyokuni IV.
Kunisada II is renowned for his prints. His favourite subjects were pleasure-houses and tea ceremonies. These themes are sometimes found together in some of his prints, as geishas usually acted as chaperones at tea-houses.
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