Utagawa Kunisada (aka Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代目歌川豊国]) (1786–1865)
“Nise Murasaki inaka Genj”, c1829, a volume/chapter of
woodblock prints from a sequence of 38 volumes to Ryūtei Tanehiko’s (aka
Ryuutei Tanehiko [柳亭種彦]) (1783–1842) gōkan ehon (a picture-book of
bound volumes), “Nise Murasaki inaka Genj” (aka “A
Fraudulent Murasaki’s Rustic Genji”; “A Country Genji by a Fake/an Imitation
Murasaki”), published by Senkakudō between 1829 and 1842; see the description
of this publication offered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wikipedia: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/812249; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nise_Murasaki_Inaka_Genji.
The series of volumes (of which this sequence of
woodblocks is a part) is an interpretation of the early 11th century classic
text by Murasaki Shikibu, "The Tale of Genji”—arguably the world’s
first novel.
Woodblock printed pages laid upon a support sheet in
sequence from upper–right to lower-left.
Size: (support sheet) 99.8 x 60.2 cm; (individual sheets)
17.6 x 23 cm.
Condition: the sheets are age-toned with wormholes and
show significant signs of handling.
I am selling this rare (possibly unique) volume of woodblock printed pages fully laid out so that the sequence of images may be viewed as a composite whole,
for AU$330 in total (currently US$248.34/EUR213.95/GBP180.24 at the time of
posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world,
but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this amazing
composite sheet of woodblock prints from the same volume, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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