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「源氏 花ちる里」
Hanachirusato, Ch. 11 of The Tale of Genji (Genji Hanachirusato)
「源氏 花ちる里」
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; 28.1 x 16.1 cm (11 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5776
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
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
InscriptionsPoem: Tachibana no/ ka o natsukashimi/ hototogisu/ hana chiru sato o/ tazunete zo tou
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.