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For another impression of Utsusumi in the collections of the British Museum go to www.britishmuseum.org accession number 1948,0410,0.88
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Five designs from the series Genji monogatori gojushi [The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji], each signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Kanekichi, 1852, comprising:
Kiritsubo [The Paulownia Court] - Chapter 1
Hahakigi [The Broom Tree] - Chapter 2
Utsusumi [The Shell of the Locust] - Chapter 3
Yugao [Evening Faces] - Chapter 4
Wakamurasaki [Lavender] - Chapter 5
Each oban yoko-e
Five designs from the series Genji monogatori gojushi [The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji], each signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Kanekichi, 1852, comprising:
Kiritsubo [The Paulownia Court] - Chapter 1
Hahakigi [The Broom Tree] - Chapter 2
Utsusumi [The Shell of the Locust] - Chapter 3
Yugao [Evening Faces] - Chapter 4
Wakamurasaki [Lavender] - Chapter 5
Each oban yoko-e