Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Akashi | |||||
| Series title: | Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji) | |||||
| Size: | 20.8 x 29.9 cm (chūban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on Akashi’s kimono, on the top and side of the closet, and on the folding screen.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Akashi is the title of Chapter 13 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century.
Artist’s seal in lower right 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 13 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 |
| 明 | aka(rui) | bright | |
| 石 | ishi | stone | Akashi |
This print comes with its original protective folder and explanation of the contents of the Genji monogatari Chapter 13 in Japanese and English (click to enlarge):
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Another fabulous print inspired by the chapter Akashi of the Genji monogatari designed by Okada Yoshio can be seen on my website here.
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