Ukiyo-e Comparisons of the Cloudy Chapters of Genji,
Part II
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Chapter number: 21 Chapter name: Otome (The Maiden) Scene: O-Schichi reclining under the eaves of a temple in the
attitude of a tennin
(Buddhist angle) Robinson:
S45.21 |
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Chapter number: 22 Chapter name:
Tamakazura (Jewel Garland) Scene: The
diving girl Tamatori grasping the sacred jewel and
brandishing a dirk while being attacked by an octopus. In the background, there is a mirage of Hôrai, which is like Shangri-La and is the home of the
Dragon King. Robinson:
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Chapter number: 23 Chapter name:
Hatsune (First Warbler) Scene:
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hatsune Satô Tadanobu wiping off his sword behind his back Robinson:
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Chapter number: 24 Chapter name:
Kochô (Butterflies) Scene:
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon
XII as Abe Yasuna in court robes waving his fan at
two fluttering butterflies in a scene from the kabuki play ‘Kwaikei Shinoda’ Robinson:
S45.24 |
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Chapter number: 25 Chapter name:
Hotaru (Fireflies) Scene: Tamiya Iyemon with his servant
Akiyama Chôbei and the ghost of his murdered wife
O-Iwa Robinson:
S45.25 |
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Chapter number: 26 Chapter name:
Tokonatsu (Wild Carnations) Scene:
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the heroic fishmonger Danshichi
Kurobei immobilizing Ôtori
Sagayemon in the kabuki play ‘Natsu matsuri’ Robinson:
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Chapter number: 27 Chapter name:
Kagaribi (Flares) Scene:
Actor Bandô Shuka as the nun Seigen-ni
in a boat in a scene from the kabuki
play ‘Onoye Iwafuji’ Robinson:
S45.27 |
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Chapter number: 28 Chapter name:
Nowaki (Typhoon) Scene:
Poet Ariwara no Narihara
eloping with the Lady Takako-hime at night on Musashi Moor Robinson:
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This is another state of
the above print (note the sky, pants and sash). |
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Chapter number: 29 Chapter name:
Miyuki (Royal Outing) Scene:
O-Yasu shaking
petals from a sprig of blossom plum into a small bowl Robinson:
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Chapter number: 30 Chapter name:
Fujibakama (Purple Trousers) Scene: Actor
Sawamura Sôjurô V as Lady
Iwafuji by a garden fence accompanied by a servant
in a scene from the kabuki play ‘Onoye Iwafuji’ Robinson:
S45.30 |
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Another state
of the above print |
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Chapter number: 31 Chapter name: Maki-bashira (Cypress
Pillar) Scene: Kurô Hangwan Yoshitsune
clinging to a pillar on the balcony of the Horikawa
palace, watching Tosa-bô Shôshun
and his men approach Robinson:
S45.31 |
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Chapter number: 32 Chapter name:
Umegae (Plum Branch) Scene:
Hayakawa Takakage in court robes holding a sprig of
flowering plum blossoms with Yadahei crouching
before him Robinson:
S45.32 |
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Another
state of the above print |
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Chapter number: 33 Chapter name:
Scene: Idzutsu-ya Dembei at night
outside a Yoshiwara brothel with a woman silhouetted in the window and people
passing below in a scene from the kabuki
play ‘Hanakawado’ with actor Onoe
Kikugorô III as Dembei Robinson:
S45.33 |
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Chapter number: 34 Chapter name:
Wakana no jô (New Herbs,
Part I) Scene:
Soga Jurô Sukenari standing
behind a seated actor in full stage makeup as Kobayashi Asahina Robinson:
S45.34 |
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Chapter number: 35 Chapter name:
Wakana no ge (New Herbs,
Part II) Scene: Yaye, the wife of Sakura Maru,
holding a truncheon under a blossoming cherry tree in a scene from the kabuki play ‘Sugawara’ Robinson:
S45.35 |
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Chapter number: 36 Chapter name:
Kashiwagi (Oak Tree) Scene: Sankatsu with broom and duster looking backward at the
very young O-Tsû who is playing the samisen Robinson:
S45.36 |
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Chapter number: 37 Chapter name:
Yokobue (The Flute) Scene:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Tombei the ferryman
glaring down at his pleading daughter O-Fune
kneeling before him in a scene from the kabuki
play ‘Yaguchi no watashi’ Robinson:
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Chapter number: 38 Chapter name:
Suzumushi (Bell Cricket) Scene:
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fukuoka Mitsugi
defending himself against three ruffians in the kabuki play ‘Ise ondo’ Robinson:
S45.38 |
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Chapter number: 39 Chapter name:
Yûgiri (Evening Mist) Scene:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as wrestler Kinugawa Tanizô
dealing with two assailants Robinson:
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Chapter number: 40 Chapter name:
Minori (The Rites) Scene:
Taira no Tomomori with anchor at the Battle of
Dan-no-ura in 1185 Robinson:
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‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
