Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Aoi*) | |||||
| 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 the curtains and the kimono of the lady in the front cart, and on the side of the cart at the back.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Aoi is the title of Chapter 9 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 9 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 |
| 葵 | aoi | hollyhock | Hollyhock |
References
- John Fiorillo’s Genji-mon webpage.
- The complete set of 54 prints can be seen on Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery here.
Provenance: Serge Astières
*) With many thanks to Serge Astières for sending me this print as a gift.