Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

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Anonymous | Parody of Chapter Thirty-Four, Spring Shoots I (Wakana, jo) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) | Edo period, 19th century

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Parody of Chapter Thirty-Four, Spring Shoots I (Wakana, jo) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, shunga, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, with liftable flap revealing an amorous courtier, parodying a scene from the thirty-fourth chapter of the Tale of Genji, unsigned, privately issued; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

9.7 x 13.2 cm., 3¾ x 5⅛ in.

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Anonyme, Parodie du chapitre trente-quatre du conte de Genji, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

In the thirty-fourth chapter of the Tale of Genji, Spring Shoots I, the courtier Kashiwagi, Genji's rival at court, falls in love during a kemari match when he glimpses Genji's new wife through a bamboo blind that has been pushed open by her pet cat. Here, the scene is parodied with the sudare blind lifting to reveal Genji's new wife with a lover.

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