ticketsMember | Make a donation

Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”

1858, second month
Not on view
Through his illustrations of A Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji, single-sheet prints, triptychs, and diptychs, Utagawa Kunisada was more prolific than any other ukiyo-e artist in the creation of Genji-themed prints. This pair of prints is thirty-seventh in a group of thirty-eight diptychs from the series Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection (Genji goshū yojō), published between 1857 and 1861. The most complex and visually satisfying of Kunisada’s Genji images, this series was lavishly printed on thick paper to allow special effects such as blind printing (karazuri) or textile-weave printing (nunomezuri). The metallic pigments, the burnishing (shōmenzuri), and the overall luxurious presentation usually characterize deluxe privately published prints called surimono.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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」
  • Title: Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”
  • Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1858, second month
  • Culture: Japan
  • 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
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985
  • Object Number: JP3683a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

More Artwork

More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Actor as Tokihira, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Actor as Tokihira
Utagawa Kunisada
probably 1815
Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan
Utagawa Kunisada
19th century
Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu
Utagawa Kunisada
ca. 1840
Banquet of the Next Full Moon at the Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series The Twelve Months (Chōyō nochi no tsuki no en, Jūni tsuki no uchi) , Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan

Banquet of the Next Full Moon at the Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series The Twelve Months (Chōyō nochi no tsuki no en, Jūni tsuki no uchi)

Utagawa Kunisada
1854
Memorial Portrait of Ichiryusai Hiroshige (1797–1858), Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Memorial Portrait of Ichiryusai Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Multiple artists/makers
1786–1864

Related Content

Publications

Books, guides, and catalogues published by The Met.

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.