Hanga
Suetsuma Hana by Ebina Masao — Japanese Woodblock print

Suetsuma Hana

by Ebina Masao

Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban

Description

"Suetsuma Hana" — a transliteration variant of "Suetsumuhana" (Chapter 6) — is another rendering of the eccentric, red-nosed princess in her decaying mansion. The alternate romanization suggests this may have been catalogued from a different publication or documentation source than Ebina's other Suetsumuhana print. The subject is among the most unusual in the Genji novel: comic in its character portrait, compassionate in its treatment of a woman preserved in amber by her own eccentricity, and moving in its meditation on loyalty and neglect.

More Prints by Ebina Masao

More Figures Prints

Featured in Collections

Curated cross-cuts that include this print.

Frequently Asked Questions

Suetsuma Hana was created by Ebina Masao (海老名正夫).

Suetsuma Hana depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.