Series title: Genji goshū yojō (源氏後集余情) Lasting impressions of a late Genji collection
Chapter: 25 – right sheet square cartouche – referencing in this instance the book ‘A Rustic Genji’ (Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji) Volume 25 (1838) – the source of inspiration for this diptych. Duplicated number see 35
Title: Hotaru (螢) – left sheet square cartouche – this is chapter 25 in Murasaki Shikibu’s book ‘The Tale of Genji’ Genji Monogatari (源氏物語)
Description: Ashikaga Mitsuuji (right sheet) shares with Murasaki (left sheet) the picture-diary he composed while at Suma and Akashi
Artist: Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Siganature: Toyokuni ga
Date: 1858, 7th month
Censor: NA
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (若狹屋与市), ca 1794 – 1897
Block cutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (left sheet)
Size: Oban diptych, each sheet 36.7 cm x 25.2 cm
Condition: Very good impression, colour, and condition
Look for: As with all the prints in this series, it is printed on thick paper, and in this print you will see; over-printing, Bokashi (gradation), Karazuri (embossing, gauffrage or blind printing), Nunomezuri (textile weave printing), Nikawa-zuri (glue-enriched printing), Tsuyazuri – specifically shomenzuri (burnishing), Mokume-zuri (woodgrain printing), printing techniques
Price: USD 650
References: Genji’s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints; Andreas Marks p145