歌川國芳画 「源氏雲浮世画合 玉鬘 / 玉取蜑」|“‘A Lovely Garland’ (Tamakazura): Tamatori-ama,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
1845–46
Medium
Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: Vertical ōban format; 14 3/8 × 9 7/8 in. (36.5 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (54.6 × 40 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Alan and Barbara Medaugh Gift, 2019
Accession Number
2019.4
About the Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1797–1861
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) was born in Edo to the silk-dyer Yanagiya Kichiyemon, originally bearing the childhood name Yoshisaburō. From a young age, he assisted in his family's pattern design work, which sharpened his innate mastery of color and textile motifs that would permeate his later prints. At around twelve years old, his prodigious drawing skills drew the attention of the renowned Utag...