Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Azumaya | |||||
| Series title: | Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji) | |||||
| Size: | 20.9 x 30.0 cm (chūban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
|
|
Special effects: metallic pigments on the Genji-mon and on the kimono of the lady.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Azumaya (i.e., The Eastern house) is the title of Chapter 50 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century.
Artist’s seal in lower left 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 50 of the Tale of Genji in top right of the print area:
|
together with the title of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 東 | azuma | east | |
| 屋 | ya | house | The Eastern house |
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