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Farewell scene from the Genji novel
Lost Art-ID
622255
Artist / Creator
Isoda Koriusai
Lebensdaten
1720-1782 (um/around)
Title
Farewell scene from the Genji novel
Dating
1720/1782 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
printed (woodcut) polychrome
Height
22.00 cm
Width
16.00 cm
Description
A lady looking down into the garden leans against a sliding paper wall; in the garden stands a kamuso (outlawed samurai), who lifts his hat and shows his face in farewell; upper edge cloud with writing; colours: purple, green, strong red, oxidised pink.
Provenance
[...] - at least at the end of 1929 Ostasiatica collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; after 1945 no longer in the possession of Herbert Ginsberg; circumstances of loss unknown - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out. Whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, 690-921, Abschnitt: Japanische Holzschnitte, Nr. 59.
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