Art Institute of Chicago
The Overgrowth of Weeds, No. 15 from the series "Genji in Fifty-four Sheets (Genji gojuyonmai no uchi)"
Nishimura Shigenaga
- Date
- c. 1735
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal hosoban, beni-e
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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