FIGURE 2-08-001

“Usugumo” (Wisps of cloud)

1845–1846

UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi (1797–1858)

woodblock print

*X × X inches / X × X cm

collection of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library (Columbia University)

NOTE: This print forms part of Kuniyoshi’s 1845–1846 series Genjigumo ukiyo eawase (Ukiyo-e comparisons for the cloudy chapters of The Tale of Genji)

REFERENCED IN: Module 2, Visual Sidebar 8

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