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Hana Genji Yoru no Omokage (花源氏夜の俤, Flower Genji, shadows of the night)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing night time scene with people on verandas looking out over water

Hana Genji Yoru no Omokage (花源氏夜の俤, Flower Genji, shadows of the night)

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1861
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Engraver: Hori-Naga (彫長)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵３枚続, large-format coloured print triptych)
Object number: O.12.18
DescriptionA print featuring the Tale of Genji (源氏物語), a novel written by Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部) in the Heian period, belongs to the genre of 'Genji-e (源氏絵).' For the people of the Edo period, The Tale of Genji was basic culture.

During the Edo period, stories and ukiyoe prints, in which the setting of The Tale of Genji was changed from the Heian period to the Edo period, also became widely popular among people. This print is one such example, with the figures on screen dressed in Edo period clothing.