Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase

1845-46 (late Edo)

25.5 cm 37.7 cm

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The great 12th-century general Taira no Tomomori ties himself to an anchor so that he may die by his own hand and not from enemy action as defeat nears in the famous sea battle at Dan-no-ura (1185). In "The Tale of Genji," as her death approaches, Lady Murasaki insists on maki...

Drawing

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