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Source Description
The evil lady-in-waiting Iwafuji plots to kill the shogun in the play "Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie" ("The Women's Chushingura"). This chapter of "The Tale of Genji" also concerns ladies-in-waiting and divided loyalties at the court.
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Document identity
localId
2912
label
Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
2912
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase
description
The evil lady-in-waiting Iwafuji plots to kill the shogun in the play "Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie" ("The Women's Chushingura"). This chapter of "The Tale of Genji" also concerns ladies-in-waiting and divided loyalties at the court.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
1845-46 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.8
height
25.5
dimensionsRaw
14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in. (36.8 x 25.5 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Chooro Kuniyoshi ga; [Transcription] Genban Ise-shi; [Translation] First published Ise city
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14934
5546
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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e1b88846cceb2bca
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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62cddda6fbb8930b
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no
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no