IHL Cat. #2270
Chapter 2
The Broom Tree (Hahakiji 帚木)
Chapter 13
Akashi (明石)
About These Prints
Three color woodblock illustrations from the first volume of Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari, Yosano Akiko's
与謝野晶子 (1878-1942) translation into modern colloquial Japanese of The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), written by Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部著 in the early 11th century.
The color woodblock illustrations for the four books comprising Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari were stitched into the books and it is likely, though no definitive proof exists, that the publisher Kanao Tanejirō printed additional copies of the woodblock illustrations to be sold as single sheet prints. This collection's three prints would be examples of this, as they do not display any evidence of having been removed from a bound volume nor do they display any of the toning present on many of prints bound into the books due to contact with their acidic translucent protective sheets also bound into the original volumes.
For further information on the book Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari see IHL Cat. #2219.
Print Details
IHL Catalog
#2270, #2101, #2046 Title or Description Illustrations for Chapters 2, 6 and 13 from the novel Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari Series New Translation of The Tale of Genji, first volume
Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari, jōkan
新訳源氏物語 上巻 Artist Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964)
Signature not signed Seal of the artist 弘 Hiro
seal not visible on #2270
left: IHL Cat. #2101
right: IHL Cat. #2046 Publication Date 1913 Publisher 發行者 金尾種次郎 publisher Kanao Tanejirō
發兌元 金尾文淵堂 publishing house Kanao Bun'endō Carver Okada Seijirō 岡田清次郎 Printer Nishimura Kumakichi 西村熊吉 and Takagi Seikō (Kiyomitsu) 高木淸光 Impression IHL Cat. #2270, IHL Cat. #2101 and IHL Cat. #2046: excellent
Colors IHL Cat. #2270, IHL Cat. #2101 and IHL Cat. #2046: excellent Condition IHL Cat. #2270:excellent
IHL Cat. #2101: good - foxing in margins
IHL Cat. #2046: excellent Genre shin hanga
Miscellaneous
Format H x W Paper
IHL Cat. #2270: 8 5/8 x 5 3/16 in. (21.9 x 13.2 cm)
IHL Cat. #2101: 7 13/16 x 5 1/4 in. (19.8 x 13.3 cm)
IHL Cat. #2046: 7 5/16 x 4 7/8 in. (18.6 x 12.4 cm)
H x W Image
IHL Cat. #2270: 5 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (14.6 x 9.4 cm)
IHL Cat. #2101: 5 13/16 x 3 1/2 in. (14.8 x 8.9 cm)
IHL Cat. #2046: 5 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (14.9 x 9.2 cm) Literature Collections This Print
University of California Berkeley Call No. A43.1 (four volumes)
| IHL Catalog | #2270, #2101, #2046 |
| Title or Description | Illustrations for Chapters 2, 6 and 13 from the novel Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari |
| Series | New Translation of The Tale of Genji, first volume Shin'yaku Genji Monogatari, jōkan 新訳源氏物語 上巻 |
| Artist | Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal of the artist | 弘 Hiro seal not visible on #2270 left: IHL Cat. #2101 right: IHL Cat. #2046 |
| Publication Date | 1913 |
| Publisher | 發行者 金尾種次郎 publisher Kanao Tanejirō 發兌元 金尾文淵堂 publishing house Kanao Bun'endō |
| Carver | Okada Seijirō 岡田清次郎 |
| Printer | Nishimura Kumakichi 西村熊吉 and Takagi Seikō (Kiyomitsu) 高木淸光 |
| Impression | IHL Cat. #2270, IHL Cat. #2101 and IHL Cat. #2046: excellent |
| Colors | IHL Cat. #2270, IHL Cat. #2101 and IHL Cat. #2046: excellent |
| Condition | IHL Cat. #2270:excellent IHL Cat. #2101: good - foxing in margins IHL Cat. #2046: excellent |
| Genre | shin hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | IHL Cat. #2270: 8 5/8 x 5 3/16 in. (21.9 x 13.2 cm) IHL Cat. #2101: 7 13/16 x 5 1/4 in. (19.8 x 13.3 cm) IHL Cat. #2046: 7 5/16 x 4 7/8 in. (18.6 x 12.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | IHL Cat. #2270: 5 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (14.6 x 9.4 cm) IHL Cat. #2101: 5 13/16 x 3 1/2 in. (14.8 x 8.9 cm) IHL Cat. #2046: 5 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (14.9 x 9.2 cm) |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | University of California Berkeley Call No. A43.1 (four volumes) |
last revision:
2/15/2021
12/25/2020
1/7/2020 created
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