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
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...