About This Print
In this scene from chapter 37, The Flute, Genji's son, Yūgiri, is visited by the ghost of his dead cousin Kashiwagi.
Source: Genji gojūshijō 源氏五十四帖, published by Shin Kōbe Shinbunsha, 1974.
In his dream, Kawashiwagi dressed in lined-clothes appeared and took up the flute. When Yūgiri tried to call out, he awoke at the cries of his baby. His wife Kumoi-no-kari said that she had kept the lattice window open shile admiring the view of the moon until late at night, and that this allowed the ghost to steal in. This remark of hers was meant to blame him for his frequent visits to Ochiba-no-Miya.
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 | #2471 |
| Title or Description |  also translated as The Transverse Flute |
| 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 13/16 x 12 3/8 in. (22.4 x 31.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in. (21.3 x 30.3 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2014.1.27; 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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5/7/2021 created
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