歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）画 「源氏後集余情 五十のまき / あづまや」|Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”
1858, second month
Medium
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Each 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985
Accession Number
JP3683a, b
Tags
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...