Where the Flowers Blow in the Wind

Where the flowers blow in the wind is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada II and Hiroshige II in 1864.

Woodcut Print Oban Format.

From the series "Omokage Genji gojuyo" (In reference to the 54 episodes of Genji), the 11th episode "Hana chiru sato" (Where the flowers blow in the wind).

Genji presents a poem to the sister of Lady Reikeiden. Inset image: A cuckoo flies over a hilly landscape, symbol of Genji's unrequited love with the lady.

Signature.: Ryusai (Hiroshige II). Main image signature.: Kochoro Kunisada hitsu. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo. Censorship: Aratame. Good impression with blind printing (Hamaguri shells in waves, fan folds), margins damaged by wormholes and tears, slightly creased soiled and yellowed, margins partly cut.