Imitation Murasaki and a Rustic Genji, by Yoshitoshi

An image of Imitation Murasaki-Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks, with blind embossing (karazuri), textile printing (nunomezuri) and gloss black (tsuyazumi). Ôban format triptych. Block-cutter: Horikô Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Akiyama). 1884.

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Imitation Murasaki-Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks, with blind embossing (karazuri), textile printing (nunomezuri) and gloss black (tsuyazumi). Ôban format triptych. Block-cutter: Horikô Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Akiyama). 1884.

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Accession Number: P.16-2003
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 700 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 248.86kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 14:10:46

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19th Century 458392 Date Department Fitz_PDP Genji Japanese Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords The Tale of Genji Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Workflow Yoshitoshi _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd candles candlestick clothes clothing costume embossed full moon garments karazuri literary figures male monks moon moonlight moonlit night nunomezuri oban paper screen print screen textile printing texts triptych tsuyazumi woodblock yamabushi Artist/Maker

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