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Genji in Two Drawing Styles: View of Akashi Bay (Kakiwake Genji Akashi ura no kei)

Genji in Two Drawing Styles: View of Akashi Bay (Kakiwake Genji Akashi ura no kei)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese, 1842–1894)
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1222
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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The Okada Restaurant (top); the Geisha Kinpachi of the Kinokuniya in Yanagibashi (bottom right); Sample Kimono Pattern (bottom left), from the series Comparisons of Famous Products, the Pride of Tokyo (Tôkyô jiman meibutsu awase)
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