Japanese Print by Maeda Masao, 前田政雄 (Ebina, Masao)

One of three prints catalogued under the paired attribution of Maeda Masao and Ebina Masao, this woodblock's subject is unspecified beyond the dual name notation. The Maeda Masao reading of the characters 前田政雄 suggests a possible alternate name used by the artist or a close collaborator operating within the same workshop. In the context of Ebina's known work, the print likely depicts a scene from The Tale of Genji, formatted in the [oban](/glossary/oban) size standard to the series. Court figures in layered formal dress, interiors with painted screens, or garden settings with seasonal flora — pine, plum, or maple — would constitute probable compositional elements. Print registration and color layering follow the conventions of mid-twentieth-century [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) influenced production.