About This Print
In this scene from chapter 7, Autumn Celebration, Prince Genji performs the "Waves of the Blue Ocean" duet dance with To-no-Chūjō.
This collection holds two impressions of the same print with the bottom image maintaining its original explanation overlay in English and Japanese. (See below.)
Source: The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasaki, Dead Authors Society, 2018
In the bright evening light the music echoed yet more grandly through the palace and the excitement grew; and though the dance was a familiar one, Genji scarcely seemed of this world. As he intoned the lyrics his auditors could have believed they were listening to the Kalavinka bird of paradise. The emperor brushed away tears of delight, and there were tears in the eyes of all the princes and high courtiers as well.
Explanation Overlay for IHL Cat. #2524
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 | #2449, #2524 |
| Title or Description |  variously translated as The Festival of Red Leaves, An Autumn Excursion, Beneath the Autumn Leaves, An Imperial Celebration of Autumn Foliages, Maple Fête |
| 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 | IHL Cat. #2449 and #2524: excellent |
| Colors | IHL Cat. #2449 and #2524: excellent |
| Condition | IHL Cat. #2449 and #2524: excellent |
| Genre | genji-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | ōban |
| H x W Paper | IHL Cat. #2449: 8 11/16 x 12 7/16 in. (22.1 x 31.6 cm) IHL Cat. #2524 (with mat and overlay): 10 3/16 x 13 7/8 in. (25.9 x 35.2 cm) IHL Cat. #2524 (print only): 9 3/16 x 12 13/16 in. (23.5 x 32.5 cm) |
| H x W Image | IHL Cat. #2449: 8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in. (21.3 x 30.3 cm) IHL Cat. #2522: 8 3/16 x 11 7/8 (20.8 x 30.2 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2018.1.79; 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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6/21/2021
3/24/2021 created
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