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Shin Hanga prints

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	Design:	Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980)
	Title:	Matsukaze
	Series title:	Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji)
	Size:	20.8 x 29.8 cm (chūban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on Genji’s kimono and on the curtain in the background.

Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.

Matsukaze (i.e., Pine Wind) is the title of Chapter 18 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11^th century.

Artist’s seal in lower right of the print area:

in which the kanji read (from right to left):

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
正	masa(ni)	just
夫	otto	husband	Masao

Genji-mon of Chapter 18 of the Tale of Genji in top right of the print area:

together with the title of the print:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
松	matsu	pine
風	kaze	wind	Matsukaze

This print comes with its original protective folder and explanation of the contents of the Genji monogatari Chapter 18 in Japanese and English (click to enlarge):

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Another fabulous print inspired by the chapter Matsukaze of the Genji monogatari designed by Okada Yoshio can be seen on my website here.

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References

• John Fiorillo’s Genji-mon webpage.

• The complete set of 54 prints can be seen on Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery here.

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Provenance: Fuji Arts