Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)
Wind (Kaze - 風) triptych from the series Modern Flowers and Birds, Wind, and Moon (Jisei kachō-fūgetsu - 時世花鳥風月) - Rustic Genji theme
1849
30 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Artist's seal: kiri
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
(Marks 014 - seal 22-064)
Censor: Fuku and Muramatsu
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
National Museums of Scotland - right panel only Like the triptych in the Lyon Collection referred to as Hahakigi this composition deals with a Rustic Genji theme. While there is a bit of conflating the Genji name with both The Tale of Genji and the later Minamoto clan, also known as the Genji, this is also completely understandable. There are a number of tell-tale signs that indicate. One is the shrimp's tail haircut of the male figure who is probably Mitsuuji, but another is the sasarindō motif on his robe. Subtle as it is it is definitely there, which is a bit odd. The sasarindō was the 11th century crest of one branch of the Minamoto/Genji clan.
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There are four triptychs in this series designed by both Kunisada who did the Flowers and Birds and Kuniyoshi the Wind and the Moon. There is a complete set in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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There is another copy of the right-hand panel in this triptych in the Worcester Art Museum.
beautiful woman picture (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
Aritaya Seiemon (有田屋清右衛門) (publisher)
Genji related prints (Genji-e - 源氏絵) (genre)