Miyuke, Nowake, Fujibakama (the royal outing, the typhoon, purple trousers), Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

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1764–1820
Miyuke, Nowake, Fujibakama (the royal outing, the typhoon, purple trousers), 1819, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 215 x 188 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 84 5/8 x 74 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1465
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This picture is from a series of still life subjects illustrating chapters of the eleventh-century novel The Tale of Genji. The three chapters represented here all describe incidents in the life of a young girl, Tamakazura, as she came of age. The love letter attached to the sheaf of grass is inscribed "Spring, Rabbit Year.

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