$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.
"Hatsune" (First Warbler, Chapter 23) depicts the New Year's celebration at Genji's Rokujō-in palace, where each of the four ladies he has installed in the four wings of his estate receives him in her own seasonal garden. The chapter takes its name from the first call of the bush warbler (uguisu) — the herald of spring — heard in the garden. Genji moves from wing to wing, the poem exchanged with each lady keyed to her season and character. Ebina's print captures the structured elegance of this moment in Genji's carefully arranged domestic world.
Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音 was created by Ebina Masao (海老名正夫).
Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音 depicts figures, spring, and gardens.
