Ukiyo-e Comparisons of the Cloudy Chapters of Genji,

Part II

	Chapter number: 21 Chapter name: Otome (乙女, The Maiden) Scene: O-Schichi (娘於七) reclining under the eaves of a temple in the attitude of a tennin (Buddhist angle) Robinson: S45.21
	Chapter number: 22 Chapter name: Tamakazura (玉鬘, Jewel Garland) Scene: The diving girl Tamatori (玉取蜑) grasping the sacred jewel and brandishing a dirk while being attacked by an octopus. In the background, there is a mirage of Hôrai, which is like Shangri-La and is the home of the Dragon King. Robinson: S45.22
	Chapter number: 23 Chapter name: Hatsune (初音, First Warbler) Scene: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hatsune Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) wiping off his sword behind his back Robinson: S45.23
	Chapter number: 24 Chapter name: Kochô (胡蝶, Butterflies) Scene: Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Abe Yasuna (安部保名) in court robes waving his fan at two fluttering butterflies in a scene from the kabuki play Kwaikei Shinoda Robinson: S45.24
	Chapter number: 25 Chapter name: Hotaru (螢, Fireflies) Scene: Tamiya Iemon (田宮伊右エ門) with his servant Akiyama Chôbei (秋山長 兵衛) and the ghost of his murdered wife O-Iwa (於岩) Robinson: S45.25
	Chapter number: 26 Chapter name: Tokonatsu (常夏, Wild Carnations) Scene: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the heroic fishmonger Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) immobilizing Ôtori Sagaemon (大島佐賀右エ門) in the kabuki play Natsu matsuri Robinson: S45.26
	A preparatory drawing (shita-e) for the above print
	Chapter number: 27 Chapter name: Kagaribi (篝火, Flares) Scene: Actor Bandô Shuka as the nun Seigen-ni (清玄尼) in a boat in a scene from the kabuki play Onoe Iwafuji Robinson: S45.27
	Chapter number: 28 Chapter name: Nowaki (野分, Typhoon) Scene: Poet Ariwara no Narihara (業平) eloping with the Lady Takako-hime (高子姫) at night on Musashi Moor Robinson: S45.28
	This is another state of the above print (note the sky, pants and sash).
	Chapter number: 29 Chapter name: Miyuki (御幸, Royal Outing) Scene: O-Yasu (於安) shaking petals from a sprig of blossom plum into a small bowl Robinson: S45.29
	Chapter number: 30 Chapter name: Fujibakama (藤袴, Purple Trousers) Scene: Actor Sawamura Sôjurô V as Lady Iwafuji (岩藤) by a garden fence accompanied by a servant in a scene from the kabuki play Onoe Iwafuji Robinson: S45.30
	Another state of the above design with a green ground and elimination of the white flowers in the background
	Chapter number: 31 Chapter name: Maki-bashira (真木柱, Cypress Pillar) Scene: Kurô Hangwan Yoshitsune (九郎判官義経) clinging to a pillar on the balcony of the Horikawa palace, watching Tosa-bô Shôshun and his men approach Robinson: S45.31
	Chapter number: 32 Chapter name: Umegae (梅ヶ枝, Plum Branch) Scene: Hayakawa Takakage (早川高景) in court robes holding a sprig of flowering plum blossoms with Yadahei (矢田平) crouching before him Robinson: S45.32
	This is not another state, but a badly faded print. Most of the colors are paler, and the purple has completely disappeared.
	Chapter number: 33 Chapter name: Fuji no Uraba (藤裏葉, Wisteria Leaves) Scene: Izutsu-ya Dembei (傳兵衛) at night outside a Yoshiwara brothel with a woman silhouetted in the window and people passing below in a scene from the kabuki play Hanakawado with actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Dembei Robinson: S45.33
	Chapter number: 34 Chapter name: Wakana no jô (若菜上, New Herbs, Part I) Scene: Soga Jurô Sukenari (十郎祐成) standing behind a seated actor in full stage makeup as Kobayashi Asahina (十郎祐成) Robinson: S45.34
	Chapter number: 35 Chapter name: Wakana no ge (若菜下, New Herbs, Part II) Scene: Yae, the wife of Sakura Maru (桜丸女房八重), holding a truncheon under a blossoming cherry tree in a scene from the kabuki play Sugawara Robinson: S45.35
	Chapter number: 36 Chapter name: Kashiwagi (柏木, Oak Tree) Scene: Sankatsu with broom and duster looking backward at the very young O-Tsû who is playing the samisen Robinson: S45.36
	Chapter number: 37 Chapter name: Yokobue (横笛, The Flute) Scene: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Tombei the ferryman (頓兵衛) glaring down at his pleading daughter O-Fune (おふね) kneeling before him in a scene from the kabuki play Yaguchi no watashi Robinson: S45.37
	Chapter number: 38 Chapter name: Suzumushi (鈴虫, Bell Cricket) Scene: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢) defending himself against three ruffians in the kabuki play Ise ondo Robinson: S45.38
	Chapter number: 39 Chapter name: Yûgiri (夕霧, Evening Mist) Scene: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as wrestler Kinugawa Tanizô (絹川谷蔵) dealing with two assailants Robinson: S45.39
	Another state of the above design
	Chapter number: 40 Chapter name: Minori (御法, The Rites) Scene: Taira no Tomomori (平知盛) with anchor at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 Robinson: S45.40

“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.

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