A Rustic Genji (Inaka Genji)
Object Details
- engraver
- Morikawa, Kokichiro
- designer
- Kuniteru, Utagawa
- printer
- Nakamura, Tsurusaburo
- Description
- Japanese wood block print depicting a landscape scene. Single kimono-clad female figure in foreground; several men and a horse working in fields in background. Center print in a triptych with GA 03213 and GA 03216. 25 separate impressions were required to complete the image from 10 printing surfaces on six blocks, GA 03214.01-.06, of which this is the 6th progressive proof, adding reddish effects to the background landscape.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90
- ID Number
- GA.03215.06
- catalog number
- 03215.06
- accession number
- 22582
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- Print; Wood Cut
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37.45 cm x 26.1 cm; 14 3/4 in x 10 9/32 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Tokuno Gift
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_793523
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-e2ec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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