About This Print
In this scene from chapter 50, A Pavilion, (Azumaya), Prince Niao visits Ukifune, the governor's stepdaughter. The open sliding door suggests an anticipated romantic encounter.
Source: The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasaki, Dead Authors Society, 2018
Wandering restlessly here and there, Niou came upon a girl [Ukifune] whom he had not seen before, out towards the west veranda.... He opened the door yet a little more and peered from behind the screen.... Never the one to hold back on such occasions, he clutched at her skirt.... He stretched out familiarly beside her.
Ukon [in service to Ukifune] groped her way through the darkness, and came upon a fragrantly reclining figure in a man's singlet. So he was at it again! She knew immediately that he did not have Ukifune's permission.... He was always being attracted to new women who had far less to recommend them.
For an excellent introduction to The Tale of Genji see Penguin's "Short Summary of the Tale" at https://www.penguin.com/static/packages/us/taleofgenji/introduction3.php
About The Album
For information about the album please go to Hahakigi (chapter 2) from the album Illustrations for Genji monogatari in Fifty-Four Wood-Cut Prints on this site.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2446 |
| Title or Description |  also variously translated as The Eastern House, The Eastern Cottage, A Hut in the Eastern Provinces |
| Series | Illustrations for Genji monogatari in Fifty-Four Wood-Cut Prints 木版画源氏五十四帖 Mokuhanga Genji gojūyonjō |
| Artist | Ebina Masao (1913-1980) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal | 正夫 Masao |
| Publication Date | 1953 or after (originally issued 1953; multiple editions are known) |
| Publisher | Yamada Shoin 山田書院 |
| Carver | carving supervised by Yoshio Kawamo [Kawatsura Yoshio 川面義雄 (1880-1963)] |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | genji-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | ōban |
| H x W Paper | 8 3/4 x 12 7/16 in. (22.2 x 31.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 5/16 x 12 in. (21.1 x 30.5 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2015.1.47; University of Kansas Libraries KU Bib ID: 4123242 (entire portfolio; images not shown); National Diet Library Call Number 913.36-E17g-K (entire portfolio dated 1958; images not shown) |
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6/22/2021
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