Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox, from the series ‘Japanese and Chinese parallels to Genji’, 1855.

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Lyon Collection: Genji, Chapter 21, the maiden (otome – 乙女): the nine-tailed fox woman (kayō-fujin [花陽夫人]) terrorizing Prince Hanzoku (足王) and his servant from the series Japanese and Chinese parallels to Genji (wakan nazorae genji – 和漢准源氏).

British Museum: Otome 乙女 (Maiden) / Waken nazorae Genji 和漢准源氏 (Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of the Genji).

Schaap: Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox; Series: Wakan nazorae Genji (Japanese and Chinese parallels to Genji)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (1798 – 1861).

Publisher: Iseyoshi [伊勢芳] (Marks 25-013 | U095); seal [イせ芳].

Block carver: Hori Shōji [彫庄治] (Lyon Collection; BM); Hori Takichi [彫多吉] (Schaap).

Date-aratame seal: Ansei 2, 7^th month (1855).

Ref: Jack Hillier. Japanese prints and drawings from the Vever Collection (3 volumes). — New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Rizzoli International, 1976; vol.3, p. 868, pl. 847. Robinson (1982): p. 161, S88, № 21. Schaap (1998): p. 115, № 107.

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SKU: SVJP-0214.2016 Categories: Japanese woodblock print, Pictures

Additional information

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Ansei era [安政] (11/1854 –3/1860), Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Vertical Ōban
Subject	Prince Hanzoku, The Tale of Genji [源氏物語] (Genji monogatari), Werewolf
Series	Japanese and Chinese parallels to Genji [和漢准源氏] (Wakan nazorae genji)
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Engraver	Hori Shōji [彫庄治]
Publisher	Iseyoshi [伊勢芳] (Marks 25-013 \| U095); seal [イせ芳]
Publishing year	1855, Ansei 2
Acquisition year	2016
Catalogue raisonné	Robinson (1982), Schaap (1998), Vever Collection
De-acquisition	Sold

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