Hanami no en – Historic Print
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(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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This rare historic print captures Hanami no en in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The title, *Hanami no en*, refers to a cherry-blossom viewing party, and this two-sheet woodcut is a vertical oban triptych panel dated to about 1862. The catalog classifies it as a Genji-e, a picture drawn from *The Tale of Genji*, the 11th-century court novel by Murasaki Shikibu that Edo-period printmakers returned to again and again. Inch-an Rigyoku signed the print on a man's garment, and Sakurai Kikujo signed it on a standing screen, so both artists' names are worth noting as you look at the detailing. The record also files the scene under Japanese domestic life in the 1860s, a late Edo period when courtly subjects and everyday scenes were both being produced.
| Created / published | [1862] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Two panels of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Genji-e. Signatures of Inch-an Rigyoku on the obi (man's garment) and Sakurai Kikujo on the standing screen. 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. 33, pp. 70-71. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Domestic life--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,589 × 4,465 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221899 |
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