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Shin Hanga prints

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	Design:	Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980)
	Title:	Fuji Uraba
	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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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the purple sitting cushion and on the stylized river patterns on the sliding screen doors in the background.

Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.

Fuji Uraba (i.e., The Wisteria Leaves) is the title of Chapter 33 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11^th 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 33 of the Tale of Genji in top right of the print area:

together with the title of the print:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
藤	fuji	young
裏	ura	purple
葉	ha	purple	The wisteria leaves

This print comes with its original protective folder and explanation of the contents of the Genji monogatari Chapter 33 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.

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Provenance: Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery