Lasting Impressions of the Tale of Genji (Genji goshū yojō): Chapter 24 (Nijūyon no maki) Butterflies (Kochō) (Diptych)
Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1865
1859, second month
Two color woodblock prints (diptych)
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (37.2 × 25.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Anne W. Thomas, in honor of Howard Thomas
2006.65.15ab
Printer
Sugawa Sennosuke (block cutter)
Publisher
Ebisuya Shōshichi
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
print 1: Inscribed, in black ink, top right: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, lower left: [two Japanese inscriptions]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom left: [Japanese inscription]; verso: inscribed in graphite, bottom right: N; print 2: Inscribed, in black ink, upper right: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, halfway down right side: [two Japanese inscriptions]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom right: [Japanese inscription]; verso: inscribed, in graphite, bottom right: N
Course History
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2015
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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