Genji Viewing Snow From A Balcony — Toyohara Kunichika

Genji Viewing Snow From a Balcony

A serene scene of Prince Genji dining amidst falling snow captured in this 1867 Japanese woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika, offering a peaceful glimpse into the Meiji era available for your collection.


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This woodblock print depicts Prince Genji dining while viewing falling snow from a river side balcony. It wasproduced by the Japanese woodblock artist Toyohara Kunichika, carved by Hori-ei and published by Kiya Sojiro in Tokyo, Japan, in July 1867. It is possibly the central panel of an original triptych; a work of art comprised of three distinct panels.The scene is a Genji-e or Mitate-e; a parody illustration of the original Genji story. A popular subject for many Japanese print artists in the nineteenth century,