Collage of Calligraphy and Pictures, including the Ukifune Chapter of the Tale of Genji – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Collage of Calligraphy and Pictures, including the Ukifune Chapter of the Tale of Genji

Collage of Calligraphy and Pictures, including the Ukifune Chapter of the Tale of Genji

源氏物語　浮船の巻

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Publisher: Okumuraya

Japanese

Edo period

1730s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.7 x 14.8 cm (12 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5778

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hôgetsudô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu

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.