Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980) | |||||
| Title: | Eawase | |||||
| Series title: | Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji) | |||||
| Size: | 36.2 x 23.9 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the kimono’s and on the paper held by the woman on the left; gold metallic pigments on the tables and on the fan held by the woman on the right.
Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
E-awase (i.e., Picture Contest) is the title of Chapter 17 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 17 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 |
| 絵 | e | picture | |
| 合 | awase | contest | Picture Contest |
This print comes with its original protective folder and explanation of the contents of Genji monogatari Chapter 17 in Japanese and English (click to enlarge):
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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