Yume no ukihashi – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Yume no ukihashi comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Floating Bridge of Dreams" takes its title from the final chapter of *The Tale of Genji*, the eleventh-century court novel by Murasaki Shikibu, in which the heroine Ukifune is torn between two suitors and nearly drowns herself in a river. This 1854 vertical chuban print belongs to *Inaka Genji*, or "Rustic Genji," a series that moved the novel's courtly figures into country settings and everyday scenes. It is signed with the Toyokuni name, and its subjects include a boat on the water. Woodblock prints like this were made for a broad urban audience, so they often mixed literary parody with humor.
| Created / published | 1854 |
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| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.8 x 17.7 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Inaka Genji. Format: Vertical Chuban Nishikie. Signed: Toyokuni ga (painted by Yoyokuni). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 10, p. 24. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Genji monogatari emaki. Dreaming--1850-1860. Boats--Japan--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,616 × 4,497 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221881 |
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