Satsuki (5th Month)

Description

Sheet from colour woodblock print triptych, from the series Imayo Genji juni-gatsu no uchi (Genji's Modern Twelve Months), entitled Satsuki (5th Month), depicting Genji seated with a writing box and paper, a lady looking over a screen: by Utagwa Kunisada, Japan, 1861

Museum reference

A.1887.745.92.73.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Maruya Jinpachi, 1759 - 1872 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1861

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Prince Genji