Twelve Months of Genji (Genji jūnikagetsu no uchi): Sixth Month (Minazuki) (Triptych)
Kochoro Toyokuni, Japanese, 1786 - 1865
1856, seventh month
Three color woodblock prints (triptych)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (35.3 × 24.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Anne W. Thomas, in honor of Howard Thomas
2006.65.12abc
Publisher
Fujinokaya Keijirō
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Image 1: Inscribed, in black ink, lower left side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]; Image 2: Inscribed, in black ink, lower right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]; Image 3: Inscribed, in black ink, upper right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]
Course History
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2023
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Dartmouth Looks at The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), curated by Dennis Washburn and Allen Hockley in conjunction with the colloquium "What Is a Classic? Translation, Reception, and the Making of Canons," Ivan Albright Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 21-September 28, 2014.
Provenance
Howard Thomas (1899-1971); to his wife, Anne Wall Thomas, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1971; given to present collection, 2006.
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