Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
Colour woodblock print, Sarugenji meets Keika from an untitled series of illustrations for Sarugenji designed by an unknown artist, printed in Japan, possibly 1824. Surimono print with poems signed Shirakawa Yobune and Shinratei Manzо̄. In the story of Sarugenji (monkey Genji), Sarugenji is a sardine seller who abandoned his wife to travel to the capital. There he falls in love with Keika, a prostitute. They share a passion for poetry and literature.
Sarugenji meets Keika
J 2331
J_2331
Japanese collection
Japanese (language)
Approved Category 2017/Printed Material/Print/Relief Print/Woodblock print
Object by Function/Documents by function/Surimono
Approved Place 2018/Asia/East Asia/Japan
Woodblock print
Surimono
Possibly 1824
1824
1824
false
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)
Paper (material)
Ink (material)
Colourant (material)
GOOD
206 mm x 182 mm (height x width)
art
Unknown
Unknown
Japan
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