Twelve Months of Genji (Genji jūnikagetsu no uchi): Sixth Month (Minazuki) (Triptych)

Kochoro Toyokuni, Japanese, 1786 - 1865

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1856, seventh month

Three color woodblock prints (triptych)

Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (35.3 × 24.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Anne W. Thomas, in honor of Howard Thomas

2006.65.12abc

Publisher

Fujinokaya Keijirō

Geography

Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Image 1: Inscribed, in black ink, lower left side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]; Image 2: Inscribed, in black ink, lower right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]; Image 3: Inscribed, in black ink, upper right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom right side: [Japanese inscription]; inscribed, in black ink, bottom center: [Japanese inscription]

Course History

ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019

ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2023

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023

Exhibition History

Dartmouth Looks at The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), curated by Dennis Washburn and Allen Hockley in conjunction with the colloquium "What Is a Classic? Translation, Reception, and the Making of Canons," Ivan Albright Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 21-September 28, 2014.

Provenance

Howard Thomas (1899-1971); to his wife, Anne Wall Thomas, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1971; given to present collection, 2006.

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