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Hello all,

I don't know what that is. Something shiny and looks printed. Does anyone have any idea what this is? And is there any value?





Link :Karámanliev

This is a fancy reproduction of a Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada from his series "Lasting impressions of a later Genji collection" - Genji ato shū yojō - 源氏後集余情. It corresponds to chapter 6 from the novel "Tales of the Genji". Go to the link below and scroll down to 6 and it is the right side of the diptych.

http://www.kunisada.de/Kunisada-Genji/Genji-Diptych-1858-59/genji-diptych-1858-59-1.htm

We have a print from the series - Chapter 4 below.

I expect that it has decorative value only.

Cheers,
Stan

It is a woodblock print. The fringes are hidden under the frame.
Title,
源氏後集余情　-　Genji Gojū Yojō - Genji Post-Collection, Lingering Charm (Title of series)
わかむらさき　-　Wakamurasaki
(Title of one of 54 quires - 5/2nd quire -)
Artist's cartouche,
豊國画　-　Toyokuni-ga - Painted by Toyokuni
(Utagawa Toyokuni III a.k.a. Utagawa Kunisada)
Censor's mark (Above the cartouche),
巳十一　改　- Year of Snake 11 (1857 November) Approved
Carver's mark (Under the cartouche),
横川彫竹　-　Yokokawa Horitake - (Yokokawa Takejirō)
Publisher's mark,
両(庄)國　-　Ryō -Shō- Koku　
廣小路林庄板　　Hayashiya Shōgorō Ryōgoku, Hirokōji


With regards,
I.Nagy

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