Rustic Genji (Inaka Genji), by Yoshitoshi

An image of Rustic Genji (Inaka Genji). Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks, with blind embossing (karazuri), textile printing (nunomezuri) and borderless shading (atenashi bokashi). Ôban format vertical diptych. Block-cutter: Negishi Chokuzan. Publisher: Matsui Eikichi. 1885. The title comes from Kunisada and Ryutei Tanehiko's hugely popular illustrated novel (gôkan), Imitation Murasaki-Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji), published in serial form in 1829-1842.

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Rustic Genji (Inaka Genji). Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks, with blind embossing (karazuri), textile printing (nunomezuri) and borderless shading (atenashi bokashi). Ôban format vertical diptych. Block-cutter: Negishi Chokuzan. Publisher: Matsui Eikichi. 1885. The title comes from Kunisada and Ryutei Tanehiko's hugely popular illustrated novel (gôkan), Imitation Murasaki-Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji), published in serial form in 1829-1842.

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Accession Number: P.18-2005
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 343 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 112.29kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:07:02 11:48:54

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