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Chapter 31: Handsome pillar (Makibashira)

Utagawa KUNISADA
Chapter 31: Handsome pillar (Makibashira)
 (c. 1845)
from the Tale of Genji series

Medium
colour woodblock

Measurements
25.2 × 18.2 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1957

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r: (censor seal: Fukatsu Ihei, 1843-45)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: Genji Kaoriu no zu / (Genji crest: 31) / Makibashira
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.r.: (publisher, Yamamptoya Heikichi's seal) / (Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga)

Accession Number
3678.10-4

Department
Asian Art

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Essay
Japanese woodblock prints: a mass medium

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