Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Otome | |||||
| Series title: | Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji) | |||||
| Size: | 20.9 x 30.0 cm (chūban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the circular and flower-like decorations on the kimono’s of the two ladies.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Otome (i.e., Maidens) is the title of Chapter 21 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century.
Artist’s seal in lower left of the print area:
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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 21 of the Tale of Genji in top right of the print area:
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together with the title of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 小 | o | small | |
| 女 | me | woman | Maidens |
References
- John Fiorillo’s Genji-mon webpage.
- The complete set of 54 prints can be seen on Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery here.
Provenance: Fuji Arts