File:Niomiya 匂宮 (No. 42 His Perfumed Highness) (BM 2008,3037.17442).jpg
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[edit]Niomiya 匂宮 (No. 42 His Perfumed Highness) ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) |
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Title |
Niomiya 匂宮 (No. 42 His Perfumed Highness) |
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Description |
English: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ushiwaka-maru, disguised as Torazo, holding a document box with Minazuru-hime standing behind him. Poem inscribed above. |
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Date |
between 1845 and 1846 date QS:P571,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Height: 36.70 centimetres Width: 24.40 centimetres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Asia |
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Accession number |
2008,3037.17442 |
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Notes |
This print is associated with “His Perfumed Highness” from the Tale of Genji in three steps. First, as the text explains, the chrysanthemum is the most sweetly perfumed of flowers. Second, the text provides a brief review of Japanese poems about the chrysanthemum, and Japanese chrysanthemum gardens (kikubatake). Third, the illustration shows the kabuki characters Ushiwakamaru (disguised as Torazô) and Princess Minazuru in the “Kikubatake” (Chrysanthemum Garden) scene from the kabuki play 'Kiichi hôgen sanryaku no maki'. Ushiwakamaru is holding a box that contains scrolls of secret military tactics he hopes to steal, but she has caught him in the act. See:- Robinson, 1982, S45; Each of the fifty-four chapters of The Tale of Genji is named and is associated with a crest called a 'Genji-mon'. In this series, each of the first fifty-four prints portray various scenes from history, legend, and literature that are suggested by a specific chapter of the novel and the appropriate Genji-mon is shown in the upper left cartouche with a poem. This series consists of one design for each of the fifty-four chapters and six supplementary designs. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-17442 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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