About This Print
In this scene from chapter 47, Agemaki, Prince Niou-no-miya has stolen into the sleeping chamber of Princess Naka-no-kimi, the second daughter of Hachi-no-miya and the younger sister of Oigimi.
Source: The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasaki, Dead Authors Society, 2018
Niou was led in under cover of darkness.... He signaled with his fan and Bennokimi [an older woman] came to let him in. How amusing, he thought, that his turn should have come to travel this well-traveled route.
The first signs of dawn came over the sky, and as always the monastery bells were ringing. His [Kaoru's] late-sleeping friend [Niou]had still not left Nakanokimi's side....
As the sky grew brighter Niou emerged, and with him a quiet fragrance that cast just the right veil of delicacy over the events of the night before.
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 | #2440 |
Title or Description | 総角 Agemaki variously translated as Trefoil Knots, A Bowknot Tied in Maiden's Loops |
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 | good - right margin trimmed to image |
Genre | genji-e |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | ōban |
H x W Paper | 8 13/16 x 12 1/4 in. (22.4 x 31.1 cm) |
H x W Image | 8 3/8 x 12 1/16 in. (21.3 x 30.6 cm) |
Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2015.1.1; 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) |
Reference Literature | |
3/25/2021 created