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Author: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) here as Toyokuni (豊国).
Subject: Miyuki (行幸).
Series: Fifty four scenes from Genji (Genji gojūyon chō, 源氏五十四帖).
Number: 29/54.
Genre: Genji-e (源氏絵).
Size: medium (chūban, 中判).
Publisher: Hamadaya (浜田屋).
Period: c. 1852.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: UKSI01004
Condition: the overall condition is good. The colors remain clear and vivid, though some yellow dots in the
background motif have slightly faded. There are no significant stains or wrinkles, except for a few on the borders
and corners.
Miyuki is the twenty-ninth chapter from the famous Tale of Genji.
Here, Prince Genji stands in his rich and pompous formal attire. Behind him, a poem, shaped to
resemble falling snow, spreads across the width of the paper.
"Oshioyama miyuki tsumoreru matsuhara ni kefu bakari naru ato yanakaran."
"小塩山みゆきつもれる松原に,今日ばかりなるあとやなからん。"
"Will there ever be another trace like today in the pine grove on Mount Oshio where the snow has piled up?"
The frame in the upper left corner provides an idea of what the poem is describing: a snow-covered pine
grove and a palanquin, or chariot, commonly used by aristocracy during their travels.
This edition is likely from the early 1860s, following the first release in 1852, where the publisher appears
as Hamadaya (浜田屋).
The entire paper is embossed, creating a decorative background pattern.