Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Waka Murasaki | |||||
| 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 kimono’s of the woman and the girl, and on the basket at the base of the fence.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Waka Murasaki (i.e., Young Murasaki) is the title of Chapter 5 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 5 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 |
| 若 | waka | young | |
| 紫 | murasaki | purple | Young Murasaki |
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