Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase
(Japan and Korea )
Danshichi Kurobei, the fishmonger hero of the play "Natsu matsuri" ("The Summer Festival"), puts a handgrip on Otori Sagaemon to keep him from bothering a courtesan. Danshichi had promised to look after the courtesan Kotoura's welfare, just as Genji looked after the welfare of his friend's daughter Tamakazura.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (35 x 23 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.99
