Chapter 42 - Niou-Miya
by Maeda Masao
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
by Maeda Masao
$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.
Chapter 42 of The Tale of Genji — Niou Miya (匂宮, "His Perfumed Highness") — introduces one of the two heroes of the novel's Uji chapters, Prince Niou, whose physical beauty and passionate nature echo Genji himself but without Genji's depth of feeling. Maeda Masao's illustration for this chapter, which opens the novel's final section, establishes the visual character of the new generation of protagonists, the decorative pattern language of his series now applied to a world in which Genji's animating presence has been lost.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chapter 42 - Niou-Miya was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Chapter 42 - Niou-Miya depicts figures and portraits.
