About This Print
In this scene from chapter 3, Utsusemi, Prince Genji's first lover Lady Utsusemi, in the green jūnihitoe, is playing the game go with her stepdaughter Nokiba-no-ogi.
Source: The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasaki, Dead Authors Society, 2018
Hoping to see them at the Go board, Genji slipped from his hiding place and made his way through the door and the blinds. The shutter through which the boy had gone was still raised. Genji could see through to the west. One panel of a screen just inside had been folded back, and the curtains which should shielded off the space beyond, had been thrown over their frames, perhaps because of the heat. The view was unobstructed.
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 | #2457 |
| Title or Description |  variously translated as The Shell of the Locust, The Cicada Shell, A Molted Cicada Shell, Beautiful Cicada |
| 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 | 9 1/16 x 12 9/16 in. (23 x 31.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 11/16 x 12 1/8 in. (22.1 x 30.8 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2015.1.14; 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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3/23/2021 created
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