$200–$1,500. Common prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Ebina's prints are modestly priced and accessible to beginning collectors of Japanese creative prints.
"Ukifune" (Floating Boat) is Chapter 51 of The Tale of Genji, in which the young woman Ukifune — caught between Kaoru's possessive devotion and Niou's irresistible charm — is driven to attempt suicide by throwing herself into the Uji River. Her body is not found, and her disappearance becomes the mystery that drives the novel's final chapters. The "floating boat" of the title describes her situation perfectly: adrift, belonging nowhere, carried by currents not of her choosing. Ebina's print captures the desperate beauty of this most tragic of Genji's women.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chapter 51 - Ukifune was created by Ebina Masao (海老名正夫).
Chapter 51 - Ukifune depicts figures, rivers & lakes, and bijin-ga.
