# Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana

- By: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764)
- Date: c.1740
- Medium: Woodblock print; hosoban
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 32.2 × 15.4 cm (12 5/8 × 6 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/44169)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/aebd3bbe-a284-85ce-be69-484d0d058a2e/full/!1437,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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