Kochō (Butterflies)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 24 entitled Kochō (Butterflies) from the series Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta (Card Game of Murasaki Shikibu's Genji) depicting two young women dressed as butterflies performing a dance for a nun holding a strip of paper and rosary beads, with yamabuki (yellow flowers) behind, with the Genji chapter mon and title in shell-shaped cartouches: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada II, 1857

Museum reference

A.1887.745.67.25

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1823 - 1880, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya Kichizō, 1820 - 1890 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1857

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Prince Genji
Depicted: Murasaki Shikibu