二品親王女三宮, The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, “New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya), Yōshū, 1890

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二品親王女三宮, The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, “New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya), Meiji period (1868–1912), 1890, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Each 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( x cm), Prints, Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912), Like his master, Toyohara Kunichika, Chikanobu is known for genre scenes in the triptych format. This triptych is related to an episode from Chapter 34, or New Herbs I, in the Tale of Genji, in which the youth Kashiwagi happens to notice a kitten running out from under a bamboo blind

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