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「源氏 花のゑん」
Hana no en, Ch. 8 of The Tale of Genji (Genji Hana no en)
「源氏 花のゑん」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1730–35 (Kyôhô 15–20)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.2 x 15.4 cm (11 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5771
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G039 (no photo); Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #27 (described but not illustrated)
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
InscriptionsPoems:
Uki mi yo ni/ yagate kienaba/ tazunete mo/ kusa no hara o ba/ towaji to ya omou
Izure zo to/ tsuyu no yadori o/ wakamu ma ni/ kozasa ga hara ni/ kaze mo koso fuke
Uki mi yo ni/ yagate kienaba/ tazunete mo/ kusa no hara o ba/ towaji to ya omou
Izure zo to/ tsuyu no yadori o/ wakamu ma ni/ kozasa ga hara ni/ kaze mo koso fuke
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.