Waka Murasaki Genji E-awase

In chapter 16 of "The Tale of Genji," one of Genji's former lovers becomes a nun to escape the unwanted attentions of a suitor. This is the basis for the "picture comparison": the lower portion of the print shows a woman with a young nun attendant, and the morning glory in a b...

Drawing

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36984
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
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en
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1
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Utagawa School
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