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Genji Monogatari - The Tale of Genji
"Genji Monogatari" or "The Tale of Genji" is a novel written in Japan in the eleventh century about the love adventures of Prince Genji. The story of the novel was depicted on numerous woodblock prints by Japanese artists of all periods. In the 1950s a set of 54 woodblock prints was designed by Masao Ebina (1913-1980) and published by Yamada Shoin in Kyoto.
Genji Monogatari - The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji or 'Genji Monogatari' in Japanese is one of the world's oldest novels. It was written in the eleventh century, during the Heian period, by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, a lady at the Imperial court. The novel tells the amorous adventures of Prince Genji in 54 chapters. In plain words, 'Genji Monogatari' is a collection of 54 stories, loosely connected with each other, about an aristocratic womanizer in medieval Japan.
Masao Ebina (1913-1980)
Masao Ebina, 1913-1980, had studied art at Kyoto Municipal Art and Crafts Special College. He graduated in 1935. His father was a Japanese painter. Masao Ebina is best known for a set of 54 woodblock prints depicting the 54 chapters of 'Genji Monogatari', 'The Tale of Genji'.
Set of 54 Woodblock Prints
The series was published in the 1950s. Each print was produced with a tissue overlay containing the chapter summary in English and Japanese.
The set was published by Yamada Shoin in 1953.
Dieter Wanczura
(June 2009)
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- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 1
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 10
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 11
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 12
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 13
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 14
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 15
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 16
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 17
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 18
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 19
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 2
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 20
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 21
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 22
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 23
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 24
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 25
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 26
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 27
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 28
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 29
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 3
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 30
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 31
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 32
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 33
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 34
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 35
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 36
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 37
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 38
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 39
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 4
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 40
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 41
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 42
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 43
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 44
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 45
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 46
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 47
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 48
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 49
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 5
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 50
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 51
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 52
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 53
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 54
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 6
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 7
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 8
- Genji Monogatari - Chapter 9
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