Genji Monogatari

This is a portfolio of eight plates (including cover and title page), each depicting robed figures from the Tale of Genji in stylized, flattened forms with bold black outlines against solid dark or cream grounds. Colours are saturated and limited per plate — indigo and cream, magenta and black, moss green with coral plum blossoms, powder blue — with patterned kimono textiles rendered in dense decorative motifs against plain backdrops. Figures appear singly, in pairs, or small groups in quiet, still poses (seated, embracing, turned away), with faces simplified to pale ovals with minimal linear features, set against a dark teal case bearing gold Japanese title lettering.