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Introduction

I first came across these illustrations in my copy of Edward Seidensticker’s 1976 translation of The Tale of Genji. However I was disappointed to find that there weren’t any clean black and white versions of these woodblock images available online. They are from 山本春正 Yamamoto Shunshō’s 1654 絵入源氏物語 Eiri Genji monogatari (Illustrated Tale of Genji), published in Kyōto by 八尾勘兵衛 Yao Kanbē. Luckily, the Library of Congress maintains scans of the entire edition, and they are in the public domain. Thus, I quite laboriously processed these images (croping, removing text showing through, conversion to black and white, and filtering to produce crisp lines). It is my intent to eventually get them up on Wikimedia Commons, but first I need to identitfy the contents of all of the images—a process I’ve only begun—so I thought it best to at least get them up here. They are public domain, so please use them as you wish.

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Chapter 1: Kiritsubo (桐壺)

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Chapter 1 Page 9: The Emperor has baby Genji brought to him.
Chapter 1 Page 20: Myōbu visits Genji’s grandmother.
Chapter 1 Page 30: Myōbu reports to the Emperor.
Chapter 1 Page 39: Genji and the physiognomist from Koma with the Right Grand Controller.
Chapter 1 Page 50: Genji’s coming of age ceremony.

Chapter 2: Hahakigi (帚木)

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Chapter 2 Page 8: Genji and the Secretary Captain discuss letters.
Chapter 2 Page 37: The Chief Left Equerry and the jealous lover.
Chapter 2 Page 47: The flirtatious lover and the privy gentleman play music together.
Chapter 2 Page 53: The Secretary Captain with the fragile woman (Yūgao) and their daughter (Tamakazura).
Chapter 2 Page 62: The Fujiwara Aide of Ceremonial and the scholarly woman with bad breath.
Chapter 2 Page 72: Genji at the Governor of Kii’s residence with Utsusemi’s younger brother.
Chapter 2 Page 89: Genji and the Iyo Deputy’s wife (Utsusemi)
Chapter 2 Page 94: The Iyo Deputy’s wife reads Genji’s letter, delivered by her younger brother (Kogimi).

Chapter 3: Utsusemi (空蝉)

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Chapter 3 Page 10: The wife of the Iyo deputy (Utsusemi) and the sister of the governor of Kii (Nokiba no Ogi) play Go while Genji watches through the blinds.
Chapter 3 Page 16: Utsusemi flees as Genji goes to bed with Nokiba no Ogi.

Chapter 4: Yūgao (夕顔)

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Chapter 4 Page 5: Women peer out at Genji’s carriage, stopped by the house of the twilight beauty flowers.
Chapter 4 Page 12: Koremitsu holds a hand torch for Genji to read the letter on a fan from Yūgao.
Chapter 4 Page 26: Genji with Chūjō as he departs from the Rokujō Haven’s residence.
Chapter 4 Page 41: Genji and Yūgao at the old estate.
Chapter 4 Page 58: Genji watches the apparition leave Yūgao in the light of a hand torch as Ukon lies prostrate in fear.
Chapter 4 Page 78: Genji visits Yūgao’s body at the nun’s house, as Ukon lies behind a screen.
Chapter 4 Page 95: Genji and Ukon discuss Yūgao.

Chapter 5: Wakamurasaki (若紫)

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Chapter 5 Page 5: Genji seeks healing from a holy man
Chapter 5 Page 17: Genji and Koremitsu peer through a fence at Murasaki and her grandmother.
Chapter 5 Page 32: Genji speaks with a gentlewoman of the nun through a screen.
Chapter 5 Page 41: The Prelate gives gifts to Genji with the holy man.
Chapter 5 Page 57: Genji vists Fujitsubo with Ōmyōbu.
Chapter 5 Page 70: Genji received at the nun’s house in the capital.
Chapter 5 Page 82: Genji and his retinue stop outside a lover’s house on the way back from visiting Murasaki.
Chapter 5 Page 102: Murasaki practices poetry and calligraphy with Genji.

Chapter 6: Suetsumuhana (末摘花)

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Chapter 6 Page 10: Genji and Taifu no Myōbu at Suetsumuhana’s residence.
Chapter 6 Page 15: Genji and Tō no Chūjō behind the screening fence.
Chapter 6 Page 38: The Minister of the Left’s sons practice music for the Emperor’s procession.
Chapter 6 Page 52: The caretaker and his daughter or granddaughter.
Chapter 6 Page 59

Chapter 7: Momiji no Ga (紅葉賀)

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Chapter 7 Page 9
Chapter 7 Page 20
Chapter 7 Page 34
Chapter 7 Page 44
Chapter 7 Page 53

Chapter 8: Hana no En (花宴)

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Chapter 8 Page 9
Chapter 8 Page 23

Chapter 9: Aoi (葵)

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Chapter 9 Page 12
Chapter 9 Page 21
Chapter 9 Page 34
Chapter 9 Page 53
Chapter 9 Page 69
Chapter 9 Page 92

Chapter 10: Sakaki (榊)

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Chapter 10 Page 10
Chapter 10 Page 21
Chapter 10 Page 28
Chapter 10 Page 44
Chapter 10 Page 64
Chapter 10 Page 78
Chapter 10 Page 97
Chapter 10 Page 104

Chapter 11: Hana Chiru Sato (花散里)

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Chapter 11 Page 9

Chapter 12: Suma (須磨)

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Chapter 12 Page 13
Chapter 12 Page 23
Chapter 12 Page 36
Chapter 12 Page 44
Chapter 12 Page 58
Chapter 12 Page 66 (right)
Chapter 12 Page 67 (left)
Chapter 12 Page 79
Chapter 12 Page 88

Chapter 13: Akashi (明石)

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Chapter 13 Page 10
Chapter 13 Page 21
Chapter 13 Page 42
Chapter 13 Page 50
Chapter 13 Page 57
Chapter 13 Page 81

Chapter 14: Miotsukushi (澪標)

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Chapter 14 Page 13
Chapter 14 Page 33
Chapter 14 Page 46 (right)
Chapter 14 Page 47 (left)
Chapter 14 Page 60

Chapter 15: Yomogiu (蓬生)

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Chapter 15 Page 10
Chapter 15 Page 24
Chapter 15 Page 39

Chapter 16: Sekiya (関屋)

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Chapter 16 Page 7

Chapter 17: E Awase (絵合)

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Chapter 17 Page 9
Chapter 17 Page 30

Chapter 18: Matsukaze (松風)

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Chapter 18 Page 18
Chapter 18 Page 22
Chapter 18 Page 37

Chapter 19: Usugumo (薄雲)

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Chapter 19 Page 14
Chapter 19 Page 23
Chapter 19 Page 38

Chapter 20: Asagao (朝顔)

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Chapter 20 Page 13
Chapter 20 Page 23
Chapter 20 Page 38

Chapter 21: Otome (乙女)

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Chapter 21 Page 18
Chapter 21 Page 69
Chapter 21 Page 93
Chapter 21 Page 95
Chapter 21 Page 97
Chapter 21 Page 99

Chapter 22: Tamakazura (玉鬘)

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Chapter 22 Page 24 (right)
Chapter 22 Page 25 (left)
Chapter 22 Page 39
Chapter 22 Page 44
Chapter 22 Page 71

Chapter 23: Hatsune (初音)

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Chapter 23 Page 8
Chapter 23 Page 23

Chapter 24: Kochō (胡蝶)

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Chapter 24 Page 8 (right)
Chapter 24 Page 9 (left)
Chapter 24 Page 18

Chapter 25: Hotaru (螢)

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Chapter 25 Page 13
Chapter 25 Page 22

Chapter 26: Tokonatsu (常夏)

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Chapter 26 Page 5
Chapter 26 Page 28
Chapter 26 Page 35

Chapter 27: Kagaribi (篝火)

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Chapter 27 Page 7

Chapter 28: Nowaki (野分)

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Chapter 28 Page 5
Chapter 28 Page 20

Chapter 29: Miyuki (行幸)

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Chapter 29 Page 8 (right)
Chapter 29 Page 9 (left)
Chapter 29 Page 36

Chapter 30: Fujibakama (藤袴)

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Chapter 30 Page 11
Chapter 30 Page 29

Chapter 31: Makibashira (真木柱)

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Chapter 31 Page 14
Chapter 31 Page 29
Chapter 31 Page 42
Chapter 31 Page 64

Chapter 32: Umegae (梅枝)

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Chapter 32 Page 9
Chapter 32 Page 26

Chapter 33: Fuji no Uraba (藤裏葉)

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Chapter 33 Page 15
Chapter 33 Page 41
Chapter 33 Page 47

Chapter 34: Wakana: Jō (若菜上)

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Chapter 34 Page 15
Chapter 34 Page 46
Chapter 34 Page 68
Chapter 34 Page 86
Chapter 34 Page 108
Chapter 34 Page 125
Chapter 34 Page 158
Chapter 34 Page 194 (right)
Chapter 34 Page 195 (left)

Chapter 35: Wakana: Ge (若菜下)

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Chapter 35 Page 5
Chapter 35 Page 37
Chapter 35 Page 62
Chapter 35 Page 114
Chapter 35 Page 133
Chapter 35 Page 148
Chapter 35 Page 194

Chapter 36: Kashiwagi (柏木)

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Chapter 36 Page 14
Chapter 36 Page 41
Chapter 36 Page 55
Chapter 36 Page 78

Chapter 37: Yokobue (横笛)

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Chapter 37 Page 12
Chapter 37 Page 26

Chapter 38: Suzumushi (鈴虫)

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Chapter 38 Page 10
Chapter 38 Page 18

Chapter 39: Yūgiri (夕霧)

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Chapter 39 Page 15
Chapter 39 Page 29
Chapter 39 Page 66
Chapter 39 Page 84 (right)
Chapter 39 Page 85 (left)
Chapter 39 Page 109
Chapter 39 Page 134

Chapter 40: Minori (御法)

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Chapter 40 Page 9
Chapter 40 Page 29

Chapter 41: Maboroshi (幻)

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Chapter 41 Page 17
Chapter 41 Page 30
Chapter 41 Page 39

Chapter 42: Niō Miya (匂宮)

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Chapter 42 Page 19

Chapter 43: Kōbai (紅梅)

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Chapter 43 Page 18

Chapter 44: Takekawa (竹河)

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Chapter 44 Page 18
Chapter 44 Page 25
Chapter 44 Page 35
Chapter 44 Page 54
Chapter 44 Page 64

Chapter 45: Hashihime (橋姫)

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Chapter 45 Page 13
Chapter 45 Page 38 (right)
Chapter 45 Page 39 (left)
Chapter 45 Page 53
Chapter 45 Page 57
Chapter 45 Page 77

Chapter 46: Shī ga Moto (椎本)

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Chapter 46 Page 9
Chapter 46 Page 32
Chapter 46 Page 41
Chapter 46 Page 58
Chapter 46 Page 69

Chapter 47: Agemaki (総角)

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Chapter 47 Page 6
Chapter 47 Page 29
Chapter 47 Page 57
Chapter 47 Page 95
Chapter 47 Page 110 (right)
Chapter 47 Page 111 (left)
Chapter 47 Page 152
Chapter 47 Page 163
Chapter 47 Page 170

Chapter 48: Sawarabi (早蕨)

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Chapter 48 Page 5
Chapter 48 Page 22
Chapter 48 Page 32 (right)
Chapter 48 Page 33 (left)

Chapter 49: Yadorigi (宿木)

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Chapter 49 Page 12
Chapter 49 Page 37
Chapter 49 Page 55
Chapter 49 Page 73
Chapter 49 Page 79
Chapter 49 Page 145
Chapter 49 Page 163
Chapter 49 Page 182 (right)
Chapter 49 Page 183 (left)
Chapter 49 Page 188

Chapter 50: Azumaya (東屋)

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Chapter 50 Page 10
Chapter 50 Page 37
Chapter 50 Page 49
Chapter 50 Page 73
Chapter 50 Page 103
Chapter 50 Page 119
Chapter 50 Page 129

Chapter 51: Ukifune (浮舟)

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Chapter 51 Page 14
Chapter 51 Page 30
Chapter 51 Page 46
Chapter 51 Page 52
Chapter 51 Page 67
Chapter 51 Page 76
Chapter 51 Page 105
Chapter 51 Page 136 (right)
Chapter 51 Page 137 (left)

Chapter 52: Kagerō (蜻蛉)

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Chapter 52 Page 14
Chapter 52 Page 37
Chapter 52 Page 58
Chapter 52 Page 77
Chapter 52 Page 104
Chapter 52 Page 116

Chapter 53: Tenarai (手習)

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Chapter 53 Page 12
Chapter 53 Page 38
Chapter 53 Page 56
Chapter 53 Page 77
Chapter 53 Page 94
Chapter 53 Page 118

Chapter 54: Yume no Ukihashi (夢浮橋)

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Chapter 54 Page 14
Chapter 54 Page 20
Chapter 54 Page 33

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