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Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese)
(Japanese, 1833–1906)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.838
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
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Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)
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