The Tale of Genji 2

The second print in Yayanagi's 'Tale of Genji' (源氏物語) silkscreen series engages one of the foundational texts of Japanese literary and visual culture. Eleventh-century Genji narratives have been depicted across centuries of emaki handscrolls, Tosa school paintings, and Edo-period woodblock prints — a tradition Yayanagi recasts through his Pop-Uki aesthetic. Rather than the muted polychrome of classical Genji illustration, Yayanagi's silkscreen palette would apply saturated, optically assertive color to figures or scenes from the narrative. The series likely focuses on natural imagery — flowering plants, moonlit gardens, seasonal motifs — that structures Genji's chapters, translating those classical literary-natural associations into a graphic vocabulary accessible to contemporary audiences.