About This Print
In this scene from chapter 26, Perpetual Summer, it is June of Prince Genji’s 36th year and Kumoi-no-kari is napping.
Source: Genji gojūshijō 源氏五十四帖, published by Shin Kōbe Shinbunsha, 1974. The Lord Keeper went to see how his daughter, Kaumoi-no-kari,was getting along. She was taking a nap in her room. Through her thin summerdress, her fine skin could be seen. With a folding fan in her hand, she waslying resting her head on her arm. Her black hair was not too long and had adelicacy in itself. The Lord Keeper clicked his folding fan. She awoke at thesound, and directed her enraptured eyes upward. Her face which had blushed withshame seemed beautiful to her father. The Lord Keeper suggested that it was badmanners for a girl to take a nap with her skin visible to others.
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 | #2553 |
| Title or Description |  also seen translated as A Bed of Carnations; Wild Carnation; The Pink; Wild Pinks |
| 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 - overall toning; paper thinning top margin verso from removal from folder; minor soiling |
| Genre | genji-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | ōban |
| H x W Paper | 9 5/16 x 13 in. (23.7 x 33 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 1/4 x 12 in. (21 x 30.5 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2009.1.6; 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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