Fuji no Uraha, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Two sheets from a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (38.4 x 52.1 cm), Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), This triptych is typical of the yatsushi, or the amusing disguise of one figure or scene as another. A gorgeous operatic pageant of beautiful ladies is presented here as one of the happiest scenes from The Tale of Genji
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Fuji no Uraha, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1790, Japan, Two sheets, triptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, 15 1/8 x 20 1/2, 38.4 52.1 cm, Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829, typical, yatsushi, amusing disguise, figure, scene, another, gorgeous operatic, pageant, beautiful ladies, presented, happiest scenes, Tale, Genji
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