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Shin Hanga prints

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	Design:	Masao Ebina (1913 - 1980)
	Title:	Yume Ukihashi
	Series title:	Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji)
	Size:	20.9 x 30.0 cm (chūban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Published in 1953 by the Yamada Shoin Company.

Yume Ukihashi (i.e., The floating bridge of dreams) is the title of Chapter 54 of the Genji monogatari written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11^th century.

Artist’s seal in lower right 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 54 of the Tale of Genji in top right of the print area:

together with the title of the print:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
夢	yume	dream
浮	uki	floating
橋	hashi	bridge	The floating bridge of dreams

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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: Serge Astières