Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox, from the series ‘Japanese and Chinese parallels to Genji’, 1855.
Engraver/Block Cutter
Hori Shōji [彫庄治] (Japanese, block carver, fl. mid-19th century)
Title:
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, 7th 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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Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Woodblock print |
| Period | 19 AD , Ansei era [安政] (1854–1860) , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) , Mid-19th century |
| Country | Japan |
| Media/Technique | 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) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1855 , Ansei 2 |
| Catalogue raisonne | Robinson (1982) , Schaap (1998) , Vever Collection |
| Acquisition year | 2016 |
