柳亭種彥作 歌川國貞画 『偐紫田舎源氏』|A Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji by Ryūtei Tanehiko
1829–42
Medium
Set of nineteen woodblock-printed booklets; ink on paper, color-printed covers
Dimensions
Each: 6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in. (17.5 × 11.8 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miki and Sebastian Izzard, 2018
Accession Number
2018.914.1a–v
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Utagawa Kunisada · 1786–1864
**Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)** Born in 1786 in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo), Utagawa Kunisada hailed from a family with a hereditary ferry-boat service that provided financial stability, allowing him to pursue art from a young age. His father, an amateur poet of note, died shortly after his birth, leaving young Sumida Shōgorō (Kunisada's childhood name) to nurture his evident talent...