Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764)
c.1740
- Medium
- Woodblock print; hosoban
- Classification
- Dimensions
- 32.2 × 15.4 cm (12 5/8 × 6 in.)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This print is created about 25 years before printed color was in common use in Japan. The scene comes from the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu. It shows the characters Ukifune and her lover, Ukon, approaching the island of Tachibana at dawn after a snowy night.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
