Chapter 29- The Imperial Visit - 行幸
by Maeda Masao
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Typical Price
$500–$4,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Maeda Masao's atmospheric mountain and landscape prints have a dedicated following among sosaku-hanga collectors.
Description
Chapter 29 of The Tale of Genji — Miyuki (行幸, "The Imperial Visit" or "Imperial Procession") — depicts the Emperor's progress to the Oi River for maple viewing, a spectacular ceremonial event that frames the chapter's political and romantic subtexts. Maeda Masao's illustration for this chapter of imperial pageantry captures the ceremonial splendor of the procession — the ranked courtiers, the decorated carriages, the autumn maple canopy — through his pattern-based compositional language, the formal display of court hierarchy rendered in the decorative visual terms appropriate to Heian aristocratic culture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 29- The Imperial Visit - 行幸 was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Chapter 29- The Imperial Visit - 行幸 depicts figures, autumn foliage, and travel scenes.